Federal Conservative agriculture critic John Barlow says it’s “disgusting” that federal agents allegedly trespassed on Saskatchewan farmland.
In a letter to federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on Aug. 22, the Saskatchewan government said it wants an explanation from Ottawa after federal employees allegedly took water samples from farmers’ lands without permission.
Barlow said farmers are already stressed about Ottawa’s move to reduce fertilizer emissions and the relationship between the federal government and farmers is “strained as is.”
The alleged trespassing is “a clear sign that the federal and Liberal government don’t trust farmers or the provincial government to do the job they always do, which is protecting water,” Barlow told The Epoch Times on Aug. 24. …