Province denies extra money for proposed slaughterhouse

WINNIPEG - The Ranchers Choice Beef Cooperative has asked the province to dramatically increase its financial contribution to the proposed cattle slaughtering facility, and the province has said no.
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Manitoba Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk met with Ranchers Choice board members Thursday morning and told them the province’s commitment to invest $4.5 million in equity and make another $10 million loan available is still on the table.

But Ranchers Choice is now looking for $18.5 million in equity and needs the province to guarantee $17 million in loans.

The province’s refusal to up the ante throws the project into even more uncertainty than had been the case.

Source: The Winnipeg Free Press
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