EDMONTON — The long awaited report on how to develop intensive livestock operations in Alberta will likely be released the first week in July, says agriculture minister Shirley McClellan.
She said her office received the final report from MLA Albert Klapstein more than a month ago.
The government delayed releasing the report, she added, because it wanted to be sure the guidelines that will steer the future direction of intensive livestock operations are right.
“This is a complex issue,” McClellan told the Alberta Cattle Commission.
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“We want to make sure we maintain the balance of living together, but want to make sure our industry can grow. We want to make sure people have a clear process when they move forward to invest what is virtually millions of dollars in an operation, that the rules aren’t going to change and put their industry or business in jeopardy.
“I think what you will see is a process that will work.”
Before the report is made public, people in the intensive livestock industry will be invited to a briefing and told why the government made its decision, she said.
