The Rural Voice, 1989-08, Page 47of the board. The OFA board, he added,
"expressed a unanimous vote of confi-
dence in the chair's exercise of this
responsibility" at the meeting July 19.
Kelly expressed continuing support
for the OFA. "I believe in the OFA," he
said. "It's not only the only game in
town, it's the best game in town." But he
says he has two main areas of concern.
The first is his"integrity." He said he
does not believe that the conflict of
interest allegation can be substantiated.
If there are facts to prove the allegations,
he said, "I will do the honourable thing."
But, he added, "I defy anyone to
point to any situation that they could
allege that I did anything other than what
I firmly believe to be right."
His second main concern, he said,
was continuing to represent the farmers
who elected him to the Board of Direc-
tors. Financial problems in the farming
community — problems that still need
to be cleared up from the "last wave" of
debt difficulties, and the problems to be
dealt with in the future such as the fal-
lout from free trade, the GATT negotia-
tions, and issues with banking institu-
tions — need attention.
"I'm not going to be silenced on
these subjects because I believe they are
important."
Robert MacKenzie of MacKenzie
and Associates, the company with
which Kelly has worked since it was set
up more than 2 1/2 years ago, said the
conflict of interest allegation "would
appear to be an attempt to silence either
Mr. Kelly or the OFA." If that's the
case, he said, why would anyone in the
OFA co-operate. And why has the
"formal complaint" from the FCC not
surfaced?
MacKenzie added that if the OFA
does not take on problems associated
with the FCC, then it has a conflict of
interest with its own members.
Kelly, MacKenzie added, does not
have an FCC mortgage. "That's some-
thing the rest of the executive members
(of the OFA) cannot say."
Kelly, for his part, said he has been
waiting since the conflict of interest
issue was brought to his attention on
June 7 for clarification of the allegation,
and that he followed up with letters
requesting clarification. "Obviously I
should see those allegations," he said.0
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