Ms. Que Banh<p>*I've never voted Conservative &amp; never plan to.<br>That said, I agree with Rustad, on this specific issue. Eby needs to step up &amp; help <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCFruitGrowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCFruitGrowers</span></a> &amp; stop ignoring the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FruitFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FruitFarmers</span></a> - they've been suffering without help from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCgovernment</span></a>.*</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/JohnRustad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRustad</span></a> has reached out to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCPremier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCPremier</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DavidEby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidEby</span></a> asking to join forces to find a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NonPartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonPartisan</span></a> solution to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a> that has befallen <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FruitGrowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FruitGrowers</span></a> in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> following the abrupt shutdown of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCTreeFruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCTreeFruit</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a>.</p><p>In a letter sent to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> on Thursday, the Conservative leader called on his <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> counterpart to rise above politics and work with him to ensure growers do not suffer in the short or long term.</p><p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCTreeFruitsCoOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCTreeFruitsCoOp</span></a> announced last month that it would be ceasing operations after nearly nine decades in business. The board of directors decided that as a result of "extremely low estimated fruit volumes and difficult marketing conditions," stakeholders would likely not receive adequate returns.</p><p><a href="https://www.westernstandard.news/news/rustad-asks-eby-to-join-forces-to-find-non-partisan-solution-to-bc-fruit-growers-crisis/56773" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">westernstandard.news/news/rust</span><span class="invisible">ad-asks-eby-to-join-forces-to-find-non-partisan-solution-to-bc-fruit-growers-crisis/56773</span></a></p><p>Related news on the sudden closure:<br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10646108/farmers-stunned-as-bc-tree-fruits-announces-surprise-closure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/10646108/fa</span><span class="invisible">rmers-stunned-as-bc-tree-fruits-announces-surprise-closure/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fruits</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCFarmers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCFruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCFruits</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCFruitsEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCFruitsEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCFruitsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCFruitsIndustry</span></a></p>