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It is time, he said, for those who
cause the problem to support those
affected.” The major concern for
him if elected is, he feels, to get the
interest rate down and increase the
product price at the farm gate.
“It’s time to quit bargaining and
lead,” he said. A long-term goal
would be to get the education
budget down.
PC Ken Campbell said he was
drawn into the election for a
number of reasons, the most
important being that he is dissatis
fied with the direction taken by the
Peterson government. The fact, he
said that it takes the average
Canadian 185 days to pay their tax
bill is a direct result of fiscal
management. While he agrees with
Mr. Dettweiller that no one likes
subsidies, he stated that they are a
way of life. “Canadian farmers get
50 per cent less subsidy per bushel
than Americans,” he said, adding
that Americans receive the subsidy
prior to planting while Canadians
get it about one and a half years
later. “When a common sense
approach is taken to most problems
a resonable solution can be found.
He would like to promote the
creation of along-term agriculture
policy that is on an equal footing
with the competition and make
available long-term, fixed-rate fin
ancing.
The first question from the floor
had to do with the re-organization
of regional government, eliminat
ing small municipalities. While Mr.
Fitzgerald remarked that there is
going to be “no attempt to ram it
down anyone’s throat,” three other
candidates were vehemently op
posed on the grounds of costs. Mr.
Campbell, however, said that as
time goes by, things change and it
is something we may need to
discuss and face. “With the popu
lations getting smaller to keep
costs under control, we will proba
bly have to amalgamate.
Another question recognized the
distress of another industry in
Canada, trucking. Mr. Fitzgerald
said that with Free Trade, truckers
have not been able to compete,
“it’s a different set of rules”, he
said. “It shows what happens when
we de-regulate. We didn’t do our
homework with Free Trade and
now we’re losing a lot of our
industries.”
Mr. Dettweiler said that the
truckers are in the position they are
in because of taxes which he said
must be lowered so they can put
more money in their pocket.
All the other candidates agreed
that truckers are hurting and Mr.
Klopp noted that the government
would have to work fairly with
them.
When questioned about low
interest rate financing for farmers,
only Mr. Dettweiler opposed what
he called government involvement.
* Mr. Campbell said that something
needed to be done under the
current condition it was impossible
for young people to get started.
“It’s also a matter of keeping the
old farmer on the farm,” said Mr.
Clark.
Mr. Fitzgerald said that some
thing must be done to addressing
the high rate forced on farmers by
the federal government.
In reference to the GST Mr.
Clark warned that it would be
difficult to do anything on a
provincial level as it has been
foisted on us by Ottawa. Mr.
Fitzgerald said it was a bad tax that
will hurt small businesses and
pensioners. “It’s not fair. If money
is needed from us to pay the deficit,
I’m prepared to pay more income
tax, something fair to everyone
across the board.”
Mr. Dettweiler said it’s hard to
tell the federal Progressive Con
servatives what to do, and even
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Food and flowers
Clayton and Ruth Sauve of Brussels and Tammy Dobson of Ethel were just three of the people to
attend the Brussels Horticultural Society’s Ham andTurkeySupperand Flower Show last
Wednesday evening.
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