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letter using supply management as
ais example? His point could have
been made using any commodity or
service.
An OFA member can become a
director of the HCFA by a democratic
process. They can be elected to
represent what was his/her former
township before amalgamation, or as
one of the six directors at large, or if
not enough candidates step forward,
by acclamation. If you are an OFA
member and also question Mr.
Thompson's motives, the elections
for directors are being held at the
HCFA Annual General Meeting,
October 20, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Goderich Township Hall,
Holmesville. Call 482-9642 for
tickets. Information about the
elections or becoming a director can
be obtained by calling the HCFA
office at 482-9642 or 1-800-511-
1135.
As a positive note, farmers, too,
recognize that there are less fortunate.
That is why, for example, the Dairy
Farmers of Ontario, which is under
supply management, has a food bank
donation program. As of June 2005,
there were 493 dairy farmers
donating a total of 131,544 litres of
milk each month.
Mr. Thompson, as a gifted letter
writer, should seek out information
such as this to write about. I pray that
he will start using his many talents to
promote and support the entire
farming industry and to help solve the
dilemma of the poor paying
disproportionately more than the rich
for any commodity or service.0
— Doris Sanders
RR 4, Brussels, ON
Consumers pay more
when farmers get Tess
My friend Stephen Thompson, in
his September letter, has
conveniently overlooked some
significant facts in his veiled
criticism of supply management
marketing systems. While most of us
sympathize with the poor, Stephen,
obviously, is one of the few farmers
that feel an obligation to provide
cheap food to any category of
consumer.
On the issue of the impact of
increasing food prices on the poor,
Stephen should read "Compare The
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Share 2004" by Deane Martz of Si
Peter's College, Saskatchewan. This
study covers the period of 1981 to
2003. During that time period the
farmgate price of beef increased by
$0.14 per kg. while the retail price
increased by $5.67/kg. The farmgate
price for pork decreased by $0.15
per kg while the retail price increased
by $3.51/kg. During this same period
the farm price of chicken increased
$0.10 per kg while the retail price
increased by $1.85/kg. The farm
price of milk increased $0.20 per litre
while the retail price increased $0.87
per litre.
So you see Stephen, the modest
farm sale price increases realized by
the supply management sector
resulted in the quite modest retail
price increases to the consumer, quite
in contrast to retail price increases in
the non-regulated commodities.
When Stephen goes to KFC and buys
a 10 -piece bucket (one chicken) he
will pay about $13.80 for the chicken
and about $2.08 in taxes (GST and
PST). The farmer would have
received about $2.10 for raising and
marketing that chicken, about the
same amount as the tax bill.
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