FREDERICTON – A bunch representing cattle farmers in New Brunswick say it takes situation with the province’s plan to axe government-run veterinary companies.
The New Brunswick Cattle Producers Affiliation says Premier Susan Holt’s Liberal authorities is taking a important service for farmers and utilizing it as a cost-cutting measure.
It says it is going to survey members and report again to the province on various paths ahead.
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The Holt authorities introduced in its finances it might part out provincially run discipline veterinary and laboratory companies over three years, handing off animal medical care to personal suppliers.
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Agriculture Minister Pat Finnigan says delivering these companies is dear and chopping them is the one approach the federal government can higher fund well being care and training, and decrease the price of residing.
Progressive Conservative legislature member Kathy Bockus says the federal government has failed to think about the farmers who rely upon accessible large-animal veterinary care.
“Eradicating the provincial massive vet companies hits exhausting the individuals who feed us,” Bockus advised the home this week. “You’ve struck a devastating blow to the guts of New Brunswick’s agriculture neighborhood.”
New Brunswick is among the solely provinces nonetheless working government-funded veterinary companies, with Newfoundland and Labrador being the opposite.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 21, 2026.
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