With horns blasting and clever signs and slogans blazing, about 5,000 slow-moving vehicles tied up traffic and converged on the capital. Convoys travelled from the east, west and south, earning supportive cheers and honking horns as they snaked their way to a huge rally at Lansdowne Park. Some pedestrian bystanders were bewildered by the peculiar sight of masses of rural equipment filling the urban streets. What we got was just a Band-aid.
Farmers facing the most desperate hardship are grain and seed producers.
But better off farmers, as well as equipment dealers and farm suppliers, came out in droves to show solidarity. Canadian farmers can't compete with U.S. and European producers, who receive nearly double the subsidies, he said. Local farmers need a level playing field to put crop in the ground and break even.