Re: Hog transition program extends deadline, WP, Nov. 5.
Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council chairman, says there will be a lot of producers looking at this as a permanent exit strategy (and that) a lot of barns that take this will never open up again.
So the big question now is how much more is it going to cost Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the rest of Canadian taxpayers to decommission the manure storage lagoons, both outside and those inside these abandoned barns, and who is liable for this cleanup?
When (Stan) Struthers was responsible for the Manitoba Conservation portfolio, he was quoted as supporting the polluter pay principle. Would that still be his policy? …
Was this overzealous hog industry a good investment for the provinces and Manitobans? Think about it.
