US has lifted the ban on Canadian beef

[Displaced Flames fan]

Canadian Beef back in business

Long overdue.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Not the only industry that the government here has taken that sort of stance with either. Although I swear, it's very, very difficult to find any forest products down here that aren't Canadian.

[Resolute 14]

I wonder how much the American case played into the decision?

[Pagal4321]

Finally, this has crippled the beef industry long enough.
Good to hear....

[shoestring]

Sutters two. stupid decisions nothing. In two days.

It's a Bush conspiracy to get the economy rolling or,
we are ramping up a beef processing industry or,
consumers are complaining about the beef or
Americans are demanding obstruction is called and the red line
eliminated.

[Hakan]

Originally posted by shoestring@Jul 15 2005, 01:48 AM
Sutters two. stupid decisions nothing. In two days.

It's a Bush conspiracy to get the economy rolling or,
we are ramping up a beef processing industry or,
consumers are complaining about the beef or
Americans are demanding obstruction is called and the red line
eliminated.

[Agamemnon]

Wasn't the ban fostering a growth in Alberta processing capacity? I thought that was going to be the 'unseen' benefit of this crisis, less dependency on downstream American manufacturing and more packing here, for various destinations & new markets.

I'm sure that doesn't make up for the substantial hit the industry has taken, but, it will have 'trimmed the fat' from our cattle-producers, so we should come out mean and lean and ready to make decent profits.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally posted by Snakeeye@Jul 15 2005, 04:14 AM
I wonder how much the American case played into the decision?

Everything.