Quote:
Originally Posted by flamefan74
No worries, just curious. I think it is an issue when the government agency charged to look after this gets these numbers so wrong. What else are they getting wrong and why should we trust what they say?
|
The question is however, do
you have numbers countering this that aren't anecdotal?
I think a big problem is because the farming community in Alberta considers themselves so tight-knit, they think they know everyone in the province, when this may not be true.
I mean, honestly, in 2006 there were 49,431 farms in Alberta. That is 50k businesses without safety oversight, WCB, or minimum wage regulation.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ca-ra2006/a...rta-eng.htm#r4