The Price We Pay For A$$embly-line Pork by Larry Powell Here is an important update to this story. The dollar cost to Manitobans of a deadly hog disease is being revealed. Yet key details regarding its magnitude remain secret. A Planet in Peril (PinP) exclusive. Taxpayers in Manitoba had better get ready to dig deeper. Our provincial government has just relaxed the rules so the hog industry can expand. And, given past history, more corporate welfare will, surely, soon be flowing again into the trough for producers. I’ve compiled a probably-incomplete history of largesse which has already been bestowed upon factory barn operators in just the past ten years. I think you’ll agree, the numbers are impressive. I'll begin with HyLife Foods. It’s located on the outskirts of the small, central Manitoba town of Neepawa, where I used to live. HyLife describes itself as “the largest pork processing company in Canada.” (“Pork processing” is actual
