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stouffville suntribune thursday april 28 2005 11 stronach sharpens knife for canadian beef farmers byjoanransberry staff writer newmarketaurora mp belinda stronach has joined a fight to get the united states border open to older canadian beef cattle the border closed in may 2003 after an alberta cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy better known as mad cow disease ms stronach official opposition critic for international trade will be joined by western conservative mps in the campaign linked to a court hearing in montana in july ms stronach said she will go to montana if necessary if prime minister paul martin is too distracted by his own political misfortune to govern we will con tinue to step up to the plate ms stronach said someone must defend the interests of hardwork ing and suffering canadian ranch ers and farmers being allowed to ship south of the border is a serious matter for the beef industry york region federation of agriculture president dr terry oconnor stressed the border closing has been a big blow to the beef industry here in york region and across canada dr oconnor said what we have to do is to get our domestic slaughter capacity ramped up so we dont have to ship as much beef south of the border in 2002 the last full year of exports canada moved about 17 billion of beef products to the united states and about the same amount of live cattle on march 4 days before the scheduled opening of the us bor der to canadian cattle a judge in montana accepted the argument of a american cattle ranchers lobby group and granted a temporary injunction prohibiting the opening the full hearing on a permanent court order is scheduled for july 27 canadian cattlemen association president stan eby said the group of us producers that sued the us department of agriculture knows there is nothing wrong with canadian cattle or beef they are just trying to prolong the border closure as along as pos sible to reap shortterm profit mr eby said the us has nothing to fear and much to gain from re opening trade with canada mr eby added ms stronach takes issue with the liberals handing of the montana court hearing the liberal government chose the wrong legal option before the montana judge and then failed even to appeal when they lost their application for status ms stronach said ms stronach and the other mps plan to file an application for inter vener status at the july court hear ing next week if the montana court denies the application ms stronach said the threemember group will file an appeal we offer pickup delivery your supplier of quality landscape mulch compost soil stone products miller compost 1351 bloomington rd richmond hill call toll free 186688soil 76457 wwwmillergroupcacompost i this week brand new 4 x 8 slate pool tables wa ioo tax cash scarry im eimmii now titanium cues on sale w jy k nelson billiards hwy 48 stouffville road 18 ringwood drive stouffville 1 9056400011 i public auction sale under instructions received from 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