Dairy Farmers of Canada is threatening Harper with election defeat if he caves in to demands to open the Canadian market to more imports during the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
The way DFC calculates it, there are a lot of close ridings in which there is an average of 45 dairy farmers each.
Get real!
Forty-five votes is what three Tory-party volunteer drivers can deliver to polls on election day.
And what are the choices? Liberal? I doubt they will turn down any deal that emerges from the TPP negotiations, even if it's deemed disastrous by dairy farmers.
And how many dairy farmers will vote NDP, even in a rage of protest? Not all 45 per riding!
Having made a hollow threat, Dairy Farmers of Canada can expect retaliation from Harper. He's been well known to be somewhat hard-nosed and lacking in compassion.
