The federal
government is giving Parrish and Heimbecker (P+H) Ltd. $10 million towards
building a flour mill in Hamilton.
“This
investment helps achieve the federal government’s goal of creating good jobs in
food processing by making key investments that add value to Canada’s
agricultural sector,” said a news release from Agriculture Minister Lawrence
MacAulay.
“This
repayable investment is being made through the Growing Forward 2 AgriInnovation
Program . . .” the release says.
P+H owns
New Life Mills in Hanover and Cambridge as well as a number of feed mills,
grain-handling centres and the Swift Butterball turkey business for Canada.
Why P_H needs taxpayer assistance is beyond me.
Meanwhile,
a new mill that was announced in 2011 for a site near Guelph has yet to open.
Horizon Milling G.P.,
a partnership formed by Cargill and CHS, said in 2011 that “the facility is
expected to be open in the next three years and will be built on a 27-acre site
Horizon Milling recently purchased.”
