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‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close

As the expiration date looms for the CSC's partnership with Wallace Beef Inc. to operate the slaughterhouse, Conservative MP Scott Reid warns that the closure of the abattoir would have severe negative impacts on local beef farmers.

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‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close

As the expiration date looms for the CSC's partnership with Wallace Beef Inc. to operate the slaughterhouse, Conservative MP Scott Reid warns that the closure of the abattoir would have severe negative impacts on local beef farmers.

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‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close

As the expiration date looms for the CSC's partnership with Wallace Beef Inc. to operate the slaughterhouse, Conservative MP Scott Reid warns that the closure of the abattoir would have severe negative impacts on local beef farmers.

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