More support at the municipal level for farmers in the Rainy River District suffering from a lack of feed and dry fields.
Emo township council gave their support to a resolution last Wednesday night that asks seniors of levels of government to step forward with aid.
Councillor Harold Boivin says it aims to raise awareness of the situation.
“I think it’s a start to create an awareness of the seriousness of the situation that we have in the rainy river and that we need to make the powers to be aware of it,” says Boivin.
Mayor Harold McQuaker calls the situation sad.
“If you’re out and about in our community, and the rural area which I have been in the past several days, it is sad to see. There’s no basher and a little bit of hay. It’s terrible. Hopefully, we’re doing something here,” says McQuaker.
Alberton township council would like to see the provincial government declare an agricultural state of emergency in the Rainy River district.
In their resolution, council draws attention to the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre recognizing regions of southern Ontario impacted by drought-like conditions but making no mention of the situation in northwestern Ontario.
