The Rural Voice, 2004-07, Page 45News in Agriculture
Bacterial pollution a problem, study says
The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal
Conservation, a local non-
government organization dedicated to
the conservation of Lake Huron's
coastal ecosystems, has released its
report on the quality of Lake Huron's
nearshore waters. The nearshore is
the area close to shore where people
swim. The study came out of a need
for better understanding of water
pollution in that part of the lake
where the most people come into
contact.
The study looked at historical
water quality data from Sarnia to
Sauble Beach, going back as far as
the early 1980s. Information was
collected from local health units,
conservation authorities, the ministry
Fisher says Harper
suppors supply
management
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Fisher said Stephen Harper
supports supply management and so
does she. But supply management
must be instigated by farmers. "The
government does not know how to
run farming."
But Steckle said he has sat on the
House of Commons agriculture
committee and the NDP and the
Progressive Conservatives had
always supported supply
management but "the
Alliance/Reform did not support
supply management between
elections but came on board at
elections."
Robertson said "It's not enough to
say you 'support' supply
management. Stephen Harper has
consistently opposed supply
management. When push comes to
shove people like Stephen Harper
will stand with Targe corporations.
Conservatives don't stand with
farmers but with big companies.."
Joslin said the problem with supply
management is the high cost of quota
and called for alternative solutions to
help young farmers get into the
business, perhaps including leasing
of quota from the marketing boards.0
of the environment, municipalities
and local citizens organizations.
"We uncovered a lot of information,
but it was in many different hands,"
commented Geoff Peach, coastal
resources manager at the centre and
principle author of the study. "This is
the first time that information has
been collected and analyzed for such
a significant portion of the Lake
Huron shoreline."
"We looked specifically at bacterial
and nutrient pollution and the effects
that these impairments have on beach
water quality," Peach said. Lake
Huron's water quality made national
headlines last fall following another
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