Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how it can provide targeted aid to farmers who are struggling with inflation.
Trudeau, who made the comments at a meeting with farmers at the headquarters of Quebec’s farmer’s association, the L’Union des producteurs agricoles, in Longueuil, says he wants to ensure that any aid for farmers doesn’t make inflation worse.
He says that while inflation has started to slow, the government wants to ensure farmers and others who are struggling can hold on for the next six months to a year.
Daniel Lebelle, a dairy and grain farmer from the Centre-du-Québec region, told the prime minister that his costs have risen 40 percent since inflation began to rise….