The federal agriculture critic says he’s not giving the new budget a passing grade.
David Anderson says when it comes to agriculture, the Liberals have recycled some money from previous announcements:
"They said they will put some money into a super cluster focused around agri-food and that will amount to approximately $30-million a year," said David Anderson. "The issue with that is, that is old money, that's not new money, that's money that was budgeted in 2016. They're just coming back and recycling some money on a different idea."
He notes the $2 billion dollars over 11 years they targeted for rural internet and perhaps road construction is not very much money spread out across the country.
He also noted he is concerned about the government's plans to hold a consultation regarding the elimination of the tax deferral program for farmers.
Source : Portageonline