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NEWS RELEASE |
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| June 28, 2006 | For
Immediate Release |
CONSERVATIVE
GOVERNMENT REALIZES GOALS IN SPRING SESSION
“We have been able to fulfill many of the election promises
deemed priorities to Canadians, while putting a focus on other areas like
agriculture.”
YORKTON – With the spring session of Parliament now over, Garry Breitkreuz, Member of Parliament for Yorkton-Melville, says he is satisfied with the accomplishments of the new Conservative government.
“I am pleased with the progress we made in our first session on the government side,” said Breitkreuz, upon his return to the riding. “We have been able to fulfill many of the election promises deemed priorities to Canadians, while putting a focus on other areas like agriculture.”
In just under five months in office, Canada's new government has:
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Passed the Federal Accountability Act - the most sweeping anti-corruption
legislation in Canada's history; • lowered taxes for all Canadians; • introduced legislation to crack down on street-racing and gun, gang, and drug crime; • introduced the Universal Child Care Program that will provide direct financial assistance to all Canadian families, as well as create real child care spaces; and • enhanced Canada's leadership role on the international stage by extending its mission in Afghanistan. |
“The recent announcements of a year-long amnesty to protect innocent gun owners and to eliminate the long-gun registry, is a real victory for all Canadians,” said Breitkreuz. “As a result of the research in my office and the work of the Auditor General, we know that the registry has been an absolute waste of over a billion tax dollars. After years of work exposing this Liberal charade, finally seeing us take the first steps to end this senseless spending is vindication.”
Breitkreuz says he is also pleased to see the attention placed on the agriculture industry, in particular the flooding and damage to the farming land in northeast Saskatchewan.
“I believe a real turning point for the agriculture industry came during my Agriculture Forum, held in March in Yorkton,” said Breitkreuz. “When our new Minister of Agriculture stood before over 700 producers and heard first-hand the struggle on the farm, the message really hit home.”
In the days and weeks following the Ag Forum, Breitkreuz met a number of times with Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reiterate the crisis facing producers from this area.
“The recent agriculture funding announcements, including the $5.6 billion to agriculture announced in the budget, are a real indication that this government is serious about assisting Canadian farmers,” said Breitkreuz. “These announcements are steps in the right direction to improve the economic state on the farm. We have a long way to go to revitalize the entire industry, but this government is not ignoring the situation. Together with agriculture leaders from across Canada, we are facing this crisis.”
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