Tractors, cows take over Ottawa, Parliament Hill as dairy farmers protest TPP
Trans-Pacific Partnership could see dairy industry opened up to American milk producers
Dairy farmers from eastern Ontario took their tractors and cattle to Parliament Hill to protest possible dairy concessions in the soon-to-be-signed Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The farmers rolled down a busy Bank Street in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday, one day before trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim member countries were set to meet in Atlanta to discuss the TPP.
They also brought cattle.
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Little bit of that fertilizer smell mixing with the ketchuppy odor of the Bank/Sparks McDonalds. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TPP?src=hash">#TPP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcott?src=hash">#cbcott</a> <a href="http://t.co/XCjZVBinP7">pic.twitter.com/XCjZVBinP7</a>
—@amkfoote4 dairy cows walking down Bank Street for the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TPP?src=hash">#TPP</a> rally. I don't think they walked the whole way. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcott?src=hash">#cbcott</a> <a href="http://t.co/UymrXWbali">pic.twitter.com/UymrXWbali</a>
—@amkfoote"OK guys move the cows along" are instructions I don't think Ottawa police give too often. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TPP?src=hash">#TPP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcott?src=hash">#cbcott</a> <a href="http://t.co/dz8mK5ss6K">pic.twitter.com/dz8mK5ss6K</a>
—@amkfooteMany of the tractors have that familiar "milk cow" logo on them. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TPP?src=hash">#TPP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cbcott?src=hash">#cbcott</a> <a href="http://t.co/E58xLZymCK">pic.twitter.com/E58xLZymCK</a>
—@amkfooteLes producteurs laitiers, de poulet et d'oeufs sont arrivés devant le Parlement.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iciottgat?src=hash">#iciottgat</a> <a href="http://t.co/gPzpljSItY">pic.twitter.com/gPzpljSItY</a>
—@ICILouisBlouin<a href="https://twitter.com/CBCOttawa">@CBCOttawa</a> Bank and Gladstone <a href="http://t.co/sDnkPs9pzr">pic.twitter.com/sDnkPs9pzr</a>
—@al__stewartAbout 3 dozen big tractors moving slowly up Wellington past parliament now <a href="http://t.co/Kc9F4i1vD0">pic.twitter.com/Kc9F4i1vD0</a>
—@StuMillsCBCPaul, Embrun: at our 5th generation farm of 550 cows we send milk 20 mins away to be processed. US takes days. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TPP?src=hash">#TPP</a> <a href="http://t.co/XKk7SqP056">pic.twitter.com/XKk7SqP056</a>
—@amkfoote