Conservatives Don't Want You To Know Why People Died from Lysteria

Impolitical: Harper listeriosis investigation called out by union

... The Conservative government changes to the inspection procedure resulted in people dieing. And they plan on reducing inspections more - even after the deaths!

The Harper government has changed the way government inspectors do their work at meat plants such as the Maple Leaf facility in Toronto.

A new system, which began on March 31, puts an emphasis on the auditing of company records instead of direct visual inspections.

And, while Mr. Harper has emphasized a $113-million boost in funding
for food and product safety in the 2008 budget, the union said the
Tories actually have plans to slash funding for food safety programs.

Tory
spending plans would see funding for food safety programs cut by almost
30 per cent from 2006 to 2011, the union said. It cited numbers from
the Treasury Board of Canada Reports on Plans and Priorities.

Figures
from the same source suggest the Conservatives would cut food safety
staff by 19 per cent during the same period, the union said.