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 Posted on October 5th, 2015

Canada to pay out $4.3-billion to farmers in wake of TPP deal

Ottawa said Monday it will spend $4.3-billion* over 15 years to compensate dairy, chicken and egg farmers, who are ceding what Canadian officials called “limited access” to their now highly protected markets under the TPP deal and the earlier free trade deal with Europe. The subsidies will “keep producers whole,” according to a government press release.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tpp-trade-deal-reached/article26648472/

* – Money that will be extorted from Canadians under implicit threats of violence (a.k.a. taxes)

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