The Citizen, 1990-10-17, Page 29THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1990. PAGE 29.
Brenda McIntosh elected president of Federation
Tuckersmith Township Farmer
Brenda McIntosh was named presi
dent of the Huron County Federa
tion of Agriculture at the annual
meeting of the Federation in Brus
sels Friday night.
The former first vice-president of
the Federation was unopposed for
the position. Jokingly referring to
two past-presidents of the Federa
tion, (Paul Klopp who became
Huron M.P.P. and Parliamentary
Assistant to the Minister of Agri
culture and Tony McQuail who has
been named Executive Assistant to
Minister of Agriculture Elmer
Buchanan), she promised not to
use the office of president as a
HFA gives
NDP a
shopping list
Nine per cent long term interest
for farmers heads up the shopping
list given to Paul Klopp and the
new NDP government by the
Huron County Federation of Agri
culture.
Outgoing president Chris Palmer
of East Wawanosh said the Federa
tion wants the nine per cent rate for
long-term farm borrowing and
interest rate relief for short term
loans. The Federation also wants to
see a 75 per cent farm property tax
rebate legislated by the new
government. He also said the NDP
should help the environment by
promoting the use of ethanol in
gasoline, a move that would pro
vide markets for farm crops like
corn to be used in production of the
alcohol.
Land stewardship should con
tinue to be promoted by the
government and, Mr. Palmer said,
the government should push for
one strong general farm organiza
tion.
US elections
complicate GATT
process
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elimination of export subsidies.
All countries were supposed to
file lists of all their subsidy
programs by Oct. 1 then file lists of
subsidies they could offer to reduce
on Oct. 15. Canada filed a thick
document on time for the first
deadline but countries like Japan
and the U.S. still haven’t filed their
first list. Part of the problem in the
U.S. is the Nov. 10 Congressional
elections. The U.S. doesn’t know if
its proposals will have support in
Congress until it sees the makeup
of the new Congress.
Once the lists are posted, nego
tiations beyond the agricultural
group, the period she called most
dangerous, begins. It is scheduled
to conclude by late November but
the group has booked hotel rooms
for an additional three weeks.
If an agreement is reached it
must still be ratified by the
legislatures of the various countries
and ratification in the U.S. could be
most interesting. Just as the Free
Trade Agreement, the GATT
agreement will be “fast-tracked”
through Congress meaning a dead
line for approval next spring.
Given the situation, she said,
some people hope the GATT talks
may fail but “the status quo is not a
viable option” given the four years
of negotiations that have taken
place. “You will see trade wars like
you’ve never seen before,” she
said. Canada will get “GATT-
challenged to death”. There will be
bilateral trade deals signed be
tween countries as competing trad
ing blocs grow. “Nobody knows
what could happen but the threats
are there.” she said.
stepping stone into politics. She
has served in the past on the public
relations committee and executive
of the organization. She singled out
Beverley Brown of Brussels, and
formerly of Turnberry township,
for encouraging her to become
more involved in the Federation.
Mrs. McIntosh operates a diver
sified farm in Tuckersmith with her
husband Jim.
Ken Scott was acclaimed to the
position of first vice-president. Bill
Wallace of Tuckersmith edged out
Keith Williamson of Walton in an
election for second vice-president.
Mr. Williamson was named as a
director of large along with Bob
Harrison of Grey, Larry Plaetzer of
Hullett, Ralph Scott of East Wawa
nosh, John Gaunt of East Wawa
nosh, Shirley Hazlitt of Colbome,
Kirk Hussey, Tom Hayter and Bob
Hern.
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