A cattle rancher in southeastern Alberta at the centre of the bovine tuberculosis outbreak told politicians in Ottawa Tuesday that the federal response has been marked by a lack of urgency or transparency. Rancher Brad Osadczuk tells Ottawa the bovine TB quarantine has mired him in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt0:32"It's been a long two months," he said. Osadczuk told the committee that local veterinarians should be used for the TB testing to speed up the process. White told the committee he's worried about the long-term effect the outbreak could have on confidence in Alberta beef. "We may well be quarantined by the buyers long after the CFIA quarantine has lifted," White said.

Source: CBC News November 22, 2016 20:56 UTC