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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-11-05, Page 19Canada Savings Bonds ore o safe, secure investment. They're backed by all the resources of Canada. . • .The new B9nds ore easy to cosh anytime... so you're not locked in. McKIL'LOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Established 1876 • 10 Main St. Seaforth Ph. 527-0400 FULL COVERAGE Farm & Urban Properties • DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS 482-3354 527-1877 345.2234 523.9390 524-7051 527-1837 482-7527 482-7593 527-0687 527-1455 527-0467 523-4257 -CALL AN. AGENT OR THE OFFICE Ken Carnochan, Lavern Godkin Ross Leonhardt John McEwing Stanley' Mcllwain Donald NicKercher John‘A, fayior J.N. Trewartha Stuart Wilson AGENTS E.F. Durst James Keys Wm. Leiper. • „" , 0•••101•00wwwi l, aRU5S440PoSTOMEMIWA:5•, 74 19 t1 BY MURRAY GAUNT MPP Agriculture and Food Min- ister Lorne Henderson has tabled the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Discounting and 'Allow- ances in the 'Food Industry. The 593-page report by com- mission chairman Judge Wil- fred Leach says rebates band discounts, 'where processors pay ,retailers to sell, their products, don't add to con- sumers' cost of buying food, and in fact lower the cost.. Jack Riddell, M.P.P. (Hu- ron-Middlesex) calls this re- port a "whitewash," and points out that the conclus- ions and recommendations "have little or no connection With the testimony which was heard during the inquiry.'.' Three major recommend- , a,tions were made by the commission:: (1) that no fur- ther -inquiries be conducted into discounting practices in the food induitry unless per- suasive and substantial evi. dence is adduced that such -an inquiry , is _required; (2) that the sale of wine be, permitted by both• large and small retailers; and (3) that the Legislature consider the ettablishment • of a forum, .outside government, 'to rned- iate problems between the Cranbrook various, levels in the food industrY, and to clear up the confusion about rebating practices, Mr. Riddell feels that the. .discOunting and reli ate practices have "a Very dam- aging effect for both produc- ers and consumers," •and states, that "the whole com- petitive market structure is warped out,of shape." • The commission in its con, elusion said the Ontario farmer and farm prices were 'not adversely affected by the - rebating system, mostly be- .. cause farmers were protect- ed' by marketing boards. - However, t he Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture has responded to this by pointing • • out that the' marketing board legislation stops at ,the farm- gate, -and the legislation does,: not assure farmers that there • Will * be ' a market for their piocluctS; >let alone a growing market: The OFA states that it is 'the big Chairis who control •the markets and whO deterthine what shall be sold and at what prices. The OFA, in outlining their position on discounts and allowances, points out that a few large firms domin- ate ':grocery distribution in Canada and Ontario. They state further that the largo companies* sell so largo a, share of 'the grocerieS that this in, itself gives them .a great deal of power over the Manufacturers and producer shippers and other suppliers. In measuring the influence of the chains relative to the nation-wide suppliers,, large food manufacturers in. Cana- da would sell about , three- fifths of their product to the five largest chains. In Ontar- io which, has over one-third of the food-at-home market in Canada, three large chains especially carry on an intense rivalry. It is well' known in the talk around trade circles that if a supplier wants to sell in volume in Ontario, he 'must sell Loblaws and Dominion, according • to the OFA. Meanwhile,- the 'share Of independent grocers in ' Ontario .continues to decline, from 39% in 1967 to 26% in 1978 (Canadian Grocer). Discounting: and, allowanc- es give the chains a lower purchasing price than small- er retailers. These discounts iiricrtelcaTerhaires-riiiiny nam- es and forms, according to • the ,OFA report. The OFA has requested ' that the Governement of Ontario refuse to accept the report of the Commission. , United Parcel Service ." (Canada) Ltd. has been issu- ed a provincial operating licence, but that licence does not prevent the Ontario Cab- inet from , hearing appeals from other trucking and ex- press companies. 'Parcel carriers from ac- ross Ontario protested aga- inst the board's ruling, in the hope that they could still persuade Cabinet to reverse the' decision to allow UPS to aWaS. containing a load of 45-gallon drums of solidified pant sludge, bur led at the quarry, site near the Welland Canal. Dr. Parrott told the com- pany in a letter earlier this month that until "certain serious allegations" have been resolved, steps leading to authorization for a solidif- ication plant for the company have been suspended. Ontario Treasurer Frank I Miller, in commenting on the Federal Budget which was presented• this week, stated that he was very concerned with the fact that it did not deal with the economic prob- lems, with unemployment or inflation. He felt that essent- ially the documents was. an . • energy policy, rather than an , economic policy. use trucks for inter-city service in Ontario. A Thorold company, -whose proposal, for a project to solidify liquid industrial waste has been supPorted by the Ontario Ministry of the • Environment, is under inves-• tigation by the ministry and Police for practices at its dump site. ' The Ontario, Provincial Po- lice is conducting a ,probe of Walker Bros. Quarries Ltd. and its subsidiary, Wooding- ton Systems Inc. Meanwhile, • a parallel investigation by the Environment Ministry • under the Environmental protection Act is also under may. As part of that investigat- ion, a search .is being con- ducted for three tanker truckq and oneflat-bed 4-Wers plan exhibit Correspondent MRS. MAC ENGEL 887-6645 The Cranbrook I Galloping Gourmets had their last 'meeting 'October :29th. Members • 'discussed AchieVernent Day activities. The clukifill have an exhibit and the x commentators are Donna 'Hart and , Kendra Baillie. • ".The'members enjoyed this club and are looking forward to Achievement Day. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Handley, Rosetewn, Sask, and Mrs. Geo. McDonald, Molesworth, visited with Mr. and Mrs.- Earl Dunn. Mr. Oscar Huehn, Conestoga, and son Don of London, visited Mrs. Calvin Cameron and Miss E. M. Reiss. GOURMET CHEFS BY VALERIE BRUEACHER The Cranbrook II. 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