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Publishing date: Feb 11, 2021  â¢Â February 11, 2021  â¢Â 5 minute read Billy the goat, held by Kaitlyn Perry, before the announcement by the federal government on June 21, 2018, that the prison farms, which will feature cows and goats, are being reinstated at Joyceville and Collins Bay institutions. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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Publishing date: Feb 11, 2021  â¢Â February 11, 2021  â¢Â 5 minute read Billy the goat, held by Kaitlyn Perry, before the announcement by the federal government on June 21, 2018, that the prison farms, which will feature cows and goats, are being reinstated at Joyceville and Collins Bay institutions. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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Many of us are hopeful for the changes 2021 will bring. The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is hopeful it will bring them goats. Lots of goats.
These programs, however, would be different than the earlier version. The CSC plan is to open an industrial-size goat dairy operation with more than 2,000 goats in its first phase.
This goat could be headed to prison.
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The eventual maximum number planned is unclear, but documents obtained through access-to-information requests indicate CSC is purchasing enough equipment to handle more than 3,000 goats.
Exactly how much money has been earmarked for this project is also unclear; in its 2018 budget, the federal government allocated $4.3 million to the program for the ensuing five years. Internal documents indicate CSC will be using nearly $10 million of its capital budget for the program.