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Barlow says cost of doing business is a key concern for producers

MP's are back in Ottawa as the fall session of the House of Commons gets underway.

Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food, and Food Security, John Barlow spent time traveling the country speaking with farmers and producers talking about the issues that are important to them.

"What are some of the things they're concerned about? What's working? What's not? You know, despite being in different parts of the country, a lot of the concerns we're pretty unanimous from one end of Canada to the other."

He says the biggest issue he heard over and over from producers seemed to center around the cost of doing business.

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