[Derek Sutton]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

Farmers have had two years to ensure their worksites are safe enough to be on par with the minimum standards followed by every other business in the province. They had the same opportunity for input as every other company in the province, it's not like OH&S hasn't existed since like, I dunno, the 70s or 80s or anything.

It sure does not sound like that is the case.

http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/20...py-with-bill-6


Terrance Sweeney, a safety officer, also spoke out against the proposed bill. Although not a farmer himself, Sweeney said he has family members who farm and his wife also works in industry.

"The legislation is being rammed in far too quickly without proper consultation. They should be consulting these people before first and second reading and second reading is today," he said. "Another concern is they're talking bringing in these labour laws into an industry that isn't a business like a construction company or a McDonald's, it's a farm which is a lifestyle... it's a culture and to tell them that you can't have little Johnny out feeding the chickens because he might be injured when he's six or seven, that's how they learn... They learn farming generation to generation to generation."