A farmer from east of Brantford, Ont., has found a way to raise the profile of agriculture in the federal election.
“The rye was off and I had worked up the field on the east side and thought, ‘let’s have some fun with this,’ ” John Langs said.
Langs, who farms approximately 350 acres, used his tractor and disk to spell, “anybody but Harper!!” in 300-foot letters on a 45 acre field near his home.
He used lines left in the stubble by his GPS-guided combine to create straight and easy to read text for people flying in an airplane above his field.
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“Some people have called it artistic talent. I just consider it … lucky. Call me a tractor and disk artist, then,” Langs said when asked how he created the letters with curves such as B and P.
Langs is retired from his career with Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, but he remains passionate about agriculture issues.
“I was a career civil servant as well as a farmer. I have not trusted or cared for Mr. Harper from the day he appeared on the political scene. I think he’s the worst prime minister we’ve ever had,” Langs said.
“He’s campaigning heavily on his economic record, but if you look at things like deficit year over year and accumulated debt, I think he’s about the second worst prime minister in terms of accumulating debt in the history of Canada, only after Brian Mulroney.”
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