Feds offer up clarification on tobacco buyout

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Tobacco growers opting to take a federal government buyout for their quota can't return to the industry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada confirms.

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We are hearing that the latest offer does NOT include EXITING the tobacco industry! TRUE or FALSE?

if the federal gov't of canada is going to allow transfer of ownership of tobacco poundage amongst family members why is the government buying out these farmers? They are still going to grow tobacco one way or another. Where is the common sense of our so called educated leaders. They already get land tax at a reduced rate due to the fact they are farmers (farmers who cheat, grow products that kill, cause cancer, breathing problems, sell to the Indian reserves..cost to OHIP that are astounding. Come on McGuinty--give your head a shake and help the farmers who produce food, grains, the medical professions instead of cutting back more and more nurses and beds and investing money in birthing units like at the brantford general hospital--those rooms could house a lot of sick people who need the medical assistance. Where has common sense gone? How much debt does the government of Canada and Ontario think us the tax payer can endure?

Is the government of Canada going to help other farmers hurting? Were the cattle farmers helped in this way? All our farmers are hurting, why is it just the tobacco farmers being assisted? How much assistance have they already had over the years?

Many of us have heard from tobacco farmers that after the buyout, they are STILL GOING TO GROW TOBACCO, under their own newly formed organization! SO, why are we buying them out?

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