Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on the side of family farmers trying to make an honest living while providing food for our province and our country.

Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of large corporations who are squeezing out family farmers.

Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of big business and mega farms:

• The Conservatives have spent tax dollars to lobby against the Canadian Wheat Board.
• Bill 46 was forced on all Albertans and will directly impact farmers by taking away their right to have a hearing on utilities projects going through their own backyards.
• Farm debt in Alberta has ballooned to $18 billion.
• The Alberta-run Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization program is skewed against smaller, more diversified farms - making it very difficult for family farms to qualify for assistance.
• Smaller farms received only a small portion of the disaster relief funds. A large piece ended up in the bank accounts of big businesses that contribute to Liberal and Conservative election campaigns.
• In the current system, meat packers own a captive supply making it possible for them to manipulate the price by withdrawing from the market.

Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on the side of family farms. The NDP would:

• Support the Canadian Wheat Board.
• Provide funding and incentives for farms to produce environmental goods and services.
• Support public research in new varieties of grains and livestock and sustainable, organic agriculture.
• Fight for farmers rights to save and sell their seed.
• Support stable funding for general farm organizations.
• Institute a proper, long term disaster plan farmers can count on.
• Prepare agriculture to transition from high cost and increasingly scarce fossil fuels to other energy forms in order to insure food security.
• Give strong support for supply management and orderly marketing to ensure farmers receive their cost of production plus reasonable returns on investment and labour.
• Protect and preserve farmland for future generations.
• Work with farmers to deal with, and help to reduce, global warming.

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