Overview

• Farmers from the Waterloo region express fears about losing 770 acres of prime farmland due to a land assembly project.
• The Region of Waterloo aims to create a supersite to attract a large manufacturing plant, funded by the provincial government.
• Premier Doug Ford urges fair treatment of farmers but faces criticism for lack of transparency and potential expropriation threats.
• New Democrat Catherine Fife condemns the project as undemocratic, citing no public meetings or fiscal reports.
• The event, attended by political leaders, includes a tractor plowing challenge and comes amid an ongoing RCMP investigation into a previous land development scandal.