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The knead to close rural Canada

By Randy Hillier

Friday, November 10, 2006

Open Letter to Chuck Strahl:

The honourable Chuck Strahl
Minister of agriculture and agri-Food,
Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1a 0a6
ottawa@chuckstrahl.com
Dear Mr. Strahl:

The Ontario Landowners demand an end to the unending and relentless assault by the Canadian Food Inspection agency (CFIa) against small rural businesses. It is becoming increasingly clear and evident that the CFIa is being manipulated by Corporate Canada to eliminate competition and monopolize the food industry. The recent CFIa actions against and closure of; bakeries, egg graders, goose farmers, woodlot owners, and greenhouse operators testify to this attack. The latest assault against small bakeries cannot, and will not be tolerated. The Landowners and rural people will not comply with CFIa's increasing appetite for the cannibalism of rural Canada.

Renfrew Home Bakery owners Pam and Rick Powers were shocked to learn they did not comply with CFIa regulations regarding ingredients, nutritional facts, and weight. The CFIa further demanded all recipes be registered with them at a cost of $800 per recipe; the Renfrew Home Bakery has three hundred recipes in its cook book. Furthermore, the CFIa demanded compliance no later then January 1, 2007. In addition, bakeries in Carp, Campbell's Bay, and Perth have been visited. The Campbell's Bay Bakery has already closed. The excuse of food safety is evidence of the CFIa's ignorance and their inability to use reasonable discretion.

The only option for Powers family was to close the bakery however the Lanark, Carleton and Renfrew Landowners associations came to their aid. With little more than twenty four hours notice, the Landowners had their media and organizational teams on the job and those big tractor wheels of defiance were in motion. On November 4, 2006 a large crowd of patrons stood shoulder to shoulder with members of the Lanark, Carleton, and Renfrew Landowners association. The message is clear Government-Back Off. The Landowners will protect and support the Renfrew Home Bakery.

although tax payers finance the CFIa they are clearly unaccountable to both politicians and the public. Has the CFIa become the private police force of multi-national corporations seeking dominion over this country? The rural community will not go quietly into the night. If this Government wants a "food fight, they have stepped into the right kitchen."

The Landowners message is blunt and direct; the CFIa has until December 7, 2006 to rescind the order of compliance against the Bakeries: and for Minister Strahl to amend the regulations that allow CFIa to bankrupt rural Canada for corporate Canada's profits.

Failure by the Minister to uphold his responsibilities and comply with this fair and reasonable request will result in the OLa escalating our support and actions. Starting December 8, 2006 and until compliance, all attempted CFIa inspections and entry into bakeries will be met by Landowner resolve.

Randy Hillier, President, Ontario Landowners association. Randy can be reached at: randy@ruralrevolution.com


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