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42 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
CFA URGES CABINET
TO OFFSET EFFECTS
OF TRADE DEAL
In meetings with federal Cabinet
ministers last month, the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture (CFA)
stressed the need to explore the potential
problems arising from the Canada -U.S.
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) before the
agreement is implemented.
"The concerns of our members are
genuine and solutions have not yet been
found," says Don Knoerr, CFA presi-
dent. "However, some new avenues
have been opened up and we intend to
continue to pursue these questions vig-
orously."
The CFA told international trade
minister John Crosbie and grains and
oilseeds minister Charlie Mayer that
supply -managed farmers are concerned
about the allocation of quota and the
need to add poultry products to the
import control list.
"We need commitments from the
government that there will be consulta-
tions with the supply -managed indus-
tries on the distribution of the additional
global quota provided for in the FTA.
We need commitments to add special
poultry products to the import control
list, and to implement import quotas for
broiler hatching eggs," says Knoerr.
The CFA also questioned the effec-
tiveness of the policing systems estab-
lished in the FTA for the grains industry.
Thcse systems must be evaluated to
ensure that American grain remains
distinct from Canadian grain in terms of
quality control and grain movement
under assistance provided by the West-
ern Grain Transportation Act, the CFA
said.
"We raised the concerns of the grain
industry with the U.S. Interpretation of
Article 701.3 of the FTA as it related to
Canadian Wheat Board price setting,
and asked that the Canadian govern-
ment negotiate a speeding up of the
removal of the U.S. tariff on oil products
to coincide with the Canadian removal
of the grain transportation subsidy,"
Knoerr says.
The removal of tariffs could have a
severe impact on some sectors of horti-
(cont'd)