Ontario Farmers Protest Farmland Loss at International Plowing Match

Concerns rise over secretive land assembly for manufacturing site as politicians gather in Lindsay, Ont.

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.