Prime Minister tells Quebec farmers government working on targeted inflation aid – Montreal | 24CA News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal authorities is the way it can present focused support to farmers who’re combating inflation.
Trudeau, who made the feedback at a gathering with farmers on the headquarters of Quebec’s farmer’s affiliation, the L’Union des producteurs agricoles, in Longueuil, says he desires to make sure that any support for farmers doesn’t make inflation worse.
He says that whereas inflation has began to sluggish, the federal government desires to make sure farmers and others who’re struggling can maintain on for the subsequent six months to a yr.
Daniel Lebelle, a dairy and grain farmer from the Centre-du-Quebec area, informed the prime minister that his prices have risen 40 per cent since inflation started to rise.
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Yves Laurencelle, a cattle and blueberry farmer, informed Trudeau that whereas it’s advantageous if help is focused, farmers can’t afford to attend.
He says it’s not only a business challenge, it’s additionally emotional as a result of when a farm goes bankrupt, farmers typically lose the land labored by their dad and mom and grandparents.
“It’s not a question of six months to a year, it’s two months,” Laurencelle stated Wednesday.
“Family farms, it’s a matter of the heart, go bankrupt tomorrow morning and lose your grandparents’, your parents’ business, I don’t know how I would react if that happened to me, because I would have the feeling of betraying my family, of having not succeeded.
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“It’s not the fault of the people who are working, it’s the crisis we’re going through, but I’m telling you, Mr. Trudeau, there has to be aid quickly.”
While Trudeau informed the farmers the federal government would help them, he provided no particulars about how it will assist.
“For me, the big priority is to ensure that the way we are going to be able to help you does not fuel a new inflation crisis, but will help you to hold on so that we can get through these difficult months,” Trudeau stated.
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