Resolution

WHEREAS the CTV network serving Saskatchewan dropped the program, Farm Gate, effective November 25 2017, and there are no plans to replace it;

WHEREAS Farm Gate was the only agriculturally related TV program for Saskatchewan and was featured during a prime-time slot of 6:30 p.m.;

WHEREAS agriculture is a key industry in Saskatchewan;

WHEREAS Farm Gate has been an important source of information for agricultural producers and consumers;

WHEREAS accurate information and an informed public is important in a democracy;

BE IT RESOLVED that CTV be encouraged to reassess their decision to terminate the Farm Gate program.