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Ontario Agriculture Minister Dennis Timbrell has
stirred up a hornet's nest with his.decision to unilaterally
restructure the marketingof beet cattle in this province. ft
may ,yet require some clever .footwork -:on his part to
escape without being badly stung,.
Despite : grave, misgivings about the :'direction some
marketing -'boards . have „taken - and about monopolistic
trends i generals it is'poasible that a marketing.,. agency
for cattle is Or geed idea. It may, . indeed. , be an
improvement over the:'. present wide -,open ' marketing
syetemf, However there areaspects tothe way. thematter is
being handledthat give cause for serious concern, and one
need not be a cattleman.. tor recognize them.
Foremost among these is the minister's statement that
whatever form the n w:marketing system takes, it will be.
imposed upon the industry without a vote. Cattlemen are.
invited to make suggestions to the three commissioners
appointed to study the matter, . but they willl.. have no
control over the final result Theyare, infect, being, sold a
pig and .a poke.
This leaves cattlemen in a difficult position, since if they
co-operate with the panel it may be,. arguedthat they
consented `toawthe terfi's plan. Ifs , Ort the other hand,
they refuse toc have anything to''do with it, they may find
themselves saddled with a.marketing system which fails to
meet their needs.
A . second . aspect .,_whichmerits attention is the
conspicuous absence from the commission of leading
fiuures from with in,: e• cattle industry itself, in contrast: to
a similar commission s for sheep which is composed of
sheep farmers. It would seem Iogical' that people who are
engaged in the business of buying and selling beef cattle
should have the best appappreciationwof short comings within
the present )marketing system. They are, after all, the
people Who will. bqu yto sive with the new agency.
' Taken together, the im cation is that cattlemen are not
cwnhpetant ted+ e, o�'a ail a stinging slap in
e' face to an in u includes businessmen.
ailed,as pan /he found anywhere.
as astute and .clear s
Certainly keeping a beet operation afloat lin today's roller
coaster ecoppomy requires something more than an ability
to figure ant which end of a steer the feed goes into.
`Timbrell is au adrpit politician with aspirations to the
premier's office, but he Would dowell to remember
fated attempt to tinker with 'farni tax rebates. It is 'one
thing to propose a change; itis anther thing, altogether to
year baby is 15 and a
Ca aline Snowden. I. eekt tieg _1 #e bade Lrthsliwiy='today.
A grandmother'of igen, she ' a bfthday only Fence In four
yeues became, e, she wan born Februi ty.29 Ina leap year'. Far
from consldering It a disadvantage; she says her birthday le
always speekd because•lt comes only once every four years.
[Photo by Sharon Dletel
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Carel* Snowden of ,Lucknowis celebrating' her.
fifteenth birthday today. Married, she has worked eight
`years at Pinecrest Manor .Nursing Home and is a grand
mother of ten,
Hew has she managed alt 'his when she is -only
celebrating her 15th birthday? She celebrates ' her
birthday on . February 29, once every, four, years.
(While she suoses het birthday is special because+
_she only has a birthday'once every four year -,s, Caroline
says it is really other people Who,mekelt special: dike
the neighbour ladies who held a surprise birthday party
for her Monday morning because this'year she ° has a
birthday all her own. And her family who always make
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it an 'occasion every four' years. �* � s :- .
She remembers her first birthday when she wasfair
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*years `old.. Her father gave her a birthday spanking and.
she couldn't understand why she would' be spanked on
her birthday.- She' remetnbers having parties" with
friends on her second and third birthdays When she: was
eight years old and when she .turned twelve. She says:
she often wondered if her friends had parties every year
since they celebrate birthdays every year.
She .las never thought of twinge leap yeaa r baby as
any particular disadvantage Her ,son and daughter-in-
law are' expecting in February' thin year and she hopes it
will, be a leap year baby, born on her birthday.
Caroline knows of ,one other person . who hasa reap
year birthday,, Mrs. George Henry's grandson was born
onFebruary 29. Caroline ;has sent him a card when he
was born to say she was pleased he was born on her
birthday. Four years `later when the two 'celebrated
their next birthday, he sent a, card to Caroline wishing
her birthdagreetings: Sheplans to send him a card
this year to . carry' on the special tradition.
Caroline has never really set`aside either February 28 •
or March .1 as the date .tocelebrate, her ,birthday in
betweenleap years. Her. family usually celebrates her
birthday : the weekend closest to the date and make a
real occasion of it each leapyear.
attempt toimpose it. Most of today's beef farmers were EDITOR'S
here before Tirnbreil became agriculture minister and they
will be here after he is gone. He , should trust their NOTEBOOK
judgement on any new marketing plan; he shouldask for a
vote. That is 'what democracy is all about.
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By Sharon Dietz
•--Wingham Advance -Times
If you arena suffering from the
virus which has laid our student
population low, you're probably
nursing a sick child. With school
absentee rates hitting all time highs
in two area schools, there are certain
to be many mothers developing their
bedside manner. While many moth-
ers , work out of the home and
successfully manage ' career : and
motherhood, theme tilde it becomes
almost impossible to cope .is when
the children are sick. . There is
nothing more exhausting than nurs-
ing a sick child.
The Lucknow Fleas are looking
forward, to their annual tournament
this weekend at the Lucknow, Arena.
Lucknow has hosted this successful
tournament for several years and for
the past two years the local team has
won the trophy. This year's team is
young but we wish them all the best
as they prepare to give it their best.
The Lucknow Midgets whomped
Teeswater -(always a special, delight
for Lucknow teams' because of the
. age old rivalry) and they appear to be
managing Watford with the same
finesse. Leading the bestof five all
Ontario quarter final series, two
games to zip, they look forward to
taking the series in Watford on
Sunday.
This team should provide . some
fine playoff hockey as they continue
on their route' to this year's All
Ontario finals. Let's see excellent fan
support when they return to Luck -
now for their next game.
February 15, 1984.
To the Editor:
WHAT PRICE MAGNA CARTA
A Status Report on the Plan M3
Hydro Transmission Line Controversy
The Judicial Review by which the Central
Ontario Coalition (COC) sought to negate the
1982 Joint Board decision which ruled in
favour of the controversial Plan M3 was
recently heard by a panel of three Supreme
Court Justices. The hearing took an extra-
ordinary 8 days and a decision is awaited. 1
sat (perhaps more accurately agonized)
through all these proceedings and what
follows are some of my impressions.
The Central Ontario Coalition's position
was based on its contention that reasonable
notice was not given to persons in Central
Ontario, that the decision and proceedings of
the Jgint Board were procedurally unfair and
.a denial of natural justice, and that to ensure
a fair hearing the mattershould go back to
"square one" and be determined on the
, merits by a new Joint Board. The COC was
fo to*ved by the cities of Kitchener and
Cambridge and the region of Waterloo, the
TO THE EDITOR
County of Oxford, and finally, the Southern.
Specialty Crop Committee.
In addition to suppogintt the COC's
arguments these other parties complained
that the Joint Board had modified Plan M3 to
include their areas "after the fact". ,Counsel
for the .Southern Specialty Crop Committee
provided a persuasvie argumentfounded on
the . Canadian ' Charter of . Rights and
Freedoms, as well as argument on the,lack of
reasonable notice.
On his Charter argument, he referred to
'Section 7 of the Charter and the constitu-
tional right to ''lite", liberty and security of
the person" and the right "not to be
deprived, thereof except in accordance with
the principlesof fundamental justice". He
stated this entitled everyone to be kept free.
from apprehension, anxiety and alarm and to
be protected from dangers except through a
deprivation that is • in accordance with the
principles of fundamental justice. On this
basis he argued that the 500 kilovolt line
recommended by Hydro to go through his
clients' properties would pose potential
dangers to the lives and security of their
person, as well as members of their family
and their employees. ,
As to the reasonable notice argument,
0671 referred to many precedents and
authties to suggest ' that the notices
provided which led to the 1982 hearings
were inadequate.
For example, from an American. case:
"For more -than a century the central
meaning of procedural due process has been
clear: parties whose rights are ,to be affected'
are entitled to be heard; and in order that
they may enjoy that right they must first be
notified. It is equally fundamental that the
right to notice and an opportunity to be
heard 'must be granted it a meaningful time
and in a meaningful 'manner'.
"The"constitutional right to be heard is a
basic aspect of the duty of government to
follow a fair process of decision making
when it acts to .deprive a person -of hips
possessions." ' •
He also argued that the contitutional
rights provided by Section 7 of the Canadian
Charter require that "the best notice
practicable under the circumstances" in-
cluding individual notice to alt persons who
can be ident fied\through reasonable efforts,
tnust be given.
We know that Hyrdo.was able to compile
all the names and addresses of affected
persons and .mailed three comprehensive
notices to these parties in connection with
the Route Stage Hearings called for
February, 1984: Simply stated, counsel
asked rhetorically - Why didn't they do the
same for the 1982 hearings?
Considering the magnitude of Hydro's
project and the degree to which land owner's
interests would be affected acceptable
techniques should include notice by snail to
the owners of record of property thatcould
be in ' jeopardy. in fact, there was only one
newspaper notice • given by Hydro in
connection with the 1982 hearings and this
one notice was deficient in numerous
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