Government backs off claim inspectors spend half their time on site

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OTTAWA — The federal government is backing away from previous assurances that its health inspectors spend at least half their time doing on-site physical inspections at meat processing plants across the country.

Nearly all the 40 inspectors who have phoned estimate their split is closer to 25 per cent for actual hands-on inspection and 75 per cent for paperwork.

A number of inspectors are "champing at the bit" to speak out publicly about their personal experiences, said Mr. Kingston, but "every one of them is afraid of being fired if they do."

He acknowledged, when pressed, that nobody has been directly threatened. "It's just the climate of the day," he said, noting that CFIA has told its employees all comment on the matter must come through agency headquarters in Ottawa.

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These are not untruths. They are outright lies. Harper's government lies!