Canadian politician puts exit plan for farmers on his agenda
Sep 17, 2007—An exit strategy for Canada’s tobacco farmers will be one of the first orders of business if Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is elected premier next month. "It will be a principal concern of mine . . . to put together a proper exit package," Tory told a crowd that had gathered in Tillsonburg, Ontario. "The objective is to get something done."
He said the Liberals have done little to help local tobacco farmers. "Even what they’ve done is of tiny, little effect," Tory said, adding all farmers have felt the pinch and the current government has done virtually nothing to help.
He said the liberal government "threw a couple of small cheques at the farmers, hoping they would go away … they did nothing and in the meantime, people lost their farms, they lost their homes."
While his announcement had people cheering, after his speech, a reporter from the local Reformer newspaper Reformer asked Tory why tobacco farmers should believe him now after they’ve already heard so many promises from so many other politicians.
"I have a track record. I hope people will recognize that," he said, adding he has made the commitment to tobacco farmers and it will be one of his top priorities if he gets elected. "I will consider myself duty bound."
Sep 17, 2007—An exit strategy for Canada’s tobacco farmers will be one of the first orders of business if Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is elected premier next month. "It will be a principal concern of mine . . . to put together a proper exit package," Tory told a crowd that had gathered in Tillsonburg, Ontario. "The objective is to get something done."
He said the Liberals have done little to help local tobacco farmers. "Even what they’ve done is of tiny, little effect," Tory said, adding all farmers have felt the pinch and the current government has done virtually nothing to help.
He said the liberal government "threw a couple of small cheques at the farmers, hoping they would go away … they did nothing and in the meantime, people lost their farms, they lost their homes."
While his announcement had people cheering, after his speech, a reporter from the local Reformer newspaper Reformer asked Tory why tobacco farmers should believe him now after they’ve already heard so many promises from so many other politicians.
"I have a track record. I hope people will recognize that," he said, adding he has made the commitment to tobacco farmers and it will be one of his top priorities if he gets elected. "I will consider myself duty bound."
