Resolutions

Whereas

• Alberta cattle producers are concerned about interprovincial trade barriers for beef products and provincially inspected plans do not allow for the sale of meat outside the province of Alberta.
• Cattle producers do not generally have access to federally inspected slaughter plants for custom slaughter plus cut and wrap for farmgate sales.
• Looming beef tariffs by the United States will have huge financial impacts on the Canadian cattle and beef industry plus the lack of accessible and open markets within Canada is a long-standing concern.

Be it Resolved

That ABP lobby the government to fast track the interprovincial trade trials currently underway in Lloydminster and immediately open the interprovincial trade negotiations with neighboring provinces that would allow producers forced to slaughter in provincially inspected facilities to have equal market access across provincial jurisdictions.