Canada pork group calls for special AH1N1 recovery programme

The Canadian Pork Council is asking the government to help Canadian pork producers cope with the added economic pressure resulting from the AH1N1 flu virus.

Last month the Canadian Pork Council called on the federal government to provide assistance in the form of direct payments to Canadian pork producers.

Last night between 600 and 700 pork industry stakeholders and their supporters gathered in Morris for a rally organized by Manitoba Pork Council to discuss the situation and voice their concerns to federal MPs and provincial MLAs.

Canadian Pork Council chairman Jurgen Preugschas told those on hand, in recognition of the potential risk of trade action in response to a direct payment, the request has been revised to include an AH1N1 recovery programme.