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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-07-09, Page 164 Page 16 New guidelines issued for farm fuel rebates National Revenue Minister Elmer Mackay has issued new guidelines to simplify procedures and reduce the paper burden for farmers eligible for the Fuel Tax Rebate Program. As of May 1, 1986, the Program per- mits farmers to claim a rebate of 5.5 cents per litre on gasoline or diesel fuel purchased for off-highway and commercial purposes. These new guidelines affect the re- quirement for farmers to keep detail- ed records of fuel used on- highway/off-highway in farm vehicles. Where farmers have documenta- tion for on-highway/off-highway use, the Department. will continue to ac- cept claims on that basis. Where farmers do not have detail- ed records of on-highway/off-highway use for fuel used in the business of far- ming, the Department will accept claims for 80 percent of fuel pur- chases. Tt+e deduction of 20 percent of the claim is to cover on -highway use. Whether farmers have documenta- tion for on-highway/off-highway use or not, they must first deduct the fuel used for personal use before making a claim. This formula is available for im- mediate use by farmers who own or control farmland on which they pro- duce, for sale, forage and field crops, horticulture crops, grain, livestock, poultry, raw milk or eggs. It does not apply to other primary producers whose operations are broadly categorized as farming, such as beekeepers, greenhouse or nursery operators. The Minister of National Revenue said that his department will con- sider, on an individual basis, requests from these and other primary pro- ducers for similar formulas, based on their individual operations. Such ar- rangements will simplify detailed re- quirements to document on- highway/off-highway fuel use. Other participants in the Fuel Tax Rebate Program (fishermen, loggers, miners, hunters and trappers) may claim a rebate of 3 cents per litre,on gasoline or diesel fuel purchased for of! highway and commercial purposes. The Minister said these changes were made in response to concerns raised by beneficiaries of the Fuel Tax Rebate Program. ' The Fuel Tax Rebate Program was established in December 1984 and, as announced in the February 26, 1986 budget, will be extended until January 1, 1988. CAMPERS ELECT — The Ausable.River Nomads installed their new slate of officers at a meeting at SHDHS, Thursday. Seated on the left is vice-president Marie Broom and presidents Bea and Cliff Ersman. Back row: Floyd and Shirley Cooper, past presidents; Penny and Carlyle Meickle, treasurers; Pat and Pete Kennet field directors; Lee and Helen Webber, secretaries. Brian Mulroney is a trusting soul. He actually believes the United States will bargain in good faith at trade talks. He went on national television and asked the people of BRANDY POINT— FARMS CENTRED AROUND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION • Our breeding stock provides our buyers with proven genetics from the top 3°o animals tested across Canada. • Our program enables us to offer quality and health at a price that is hard to beat • We have an ongoing supply of A.I. sired •Ramp/Duroc, York, Landrace boars & FI York/Landrace gilts • Our closed herd is ranked "Good" by the OMAF standards of Herd Health Classification. Come and take o look at our stock anytime! Delivery available KURT KELLER R.R. 1, Mitchell, Ont. • 519-348-8043 Canada to trust him in trade talks with the U.S. But I am sorry, Brian. I do not trust the Yanks. You can if you must, but I don't. Away back when trade talks were first mentioned - freer trade, not free trade -- somebody on Parliament Hill said,agriculture would not be includ- ed in the talks. I believe it was an agricultural minister who said it but I may be wrong. Agriculture is now on the table because the Americans have demanded it. And now we have a Peter Murphy, another Irishman, the chief trade negotiator for the Reagan govern- ment, suggesting that medicare should be included in bilateral trade talks. He even had the gall to suggest that Canada might be using cultural sovereignty as an excuse to erect trade barriers. In other words, Cana- dians are using culture to keep and build trade walls. Why can't Americans understand that Canada is a unique country with its own values, its own history and its own priorities? Why can't they understand that what we consider culture, what we have consistently and historically sought government ate; • • • .\, WESTEEL Agricultural Products B uy your Westeel Rosco B in now, also complete line of aeration fans and floors. Will pour bases and erect if ' required. For more information contact BRINTNELL CONSTRUCTION LTD. 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I agree with Bernard Ostry, chair- man of TV Ontario, who recently said that these institutions have been created in Canada to ensure the sur- vival of Canadian arts. Pierre Juneau, CBC president, has some interesting figures. Only two percent of the English-language drama shows on Canadian television are Canadian in content. Ninety per- cent are American. The United States has never -- never -- scheduled a foreign series on prime commercial television. Yet, Peter Murphy has the gall, the callousness, to suggest that Cana- dians erect cultural barriers! The man is surely kidding? Amercians, says Mr. Ostry, already control 80 percent of our cultural industries and they get peed off because we want to retain 10 percent. When we take steps to retain our cultural sovereignty with Canadian content rules, the little 10 percent we have left, the Americans get in a snit because they cannot have 100 percent. If their remarks about cultural bar- riers are an indication of what the future will bring, I am afraid I can- not meet Prime Minister Mulroney's plea with enthusiasm or even fairness. I am quite prepared to walk. away from the bargaining table before the seats are warm. The countervailing duties the U.S. has already imposed on hogs and shingles, for instance, is just a sampl- ing of what can come. We are side by, side with an elephant. We are the mouse. When the elephant passes wind, the mouse is in trouble. The elephant is a great guy to have (or a -neighbour but he simply will not take the time to understand the dif- ferences between him and the mouse. If Canada controlled 90 percent of th cultural industries in the United States, the Yanks would be scream- ing to retain their 10 percent. And they would be screaming loud and long. Why can't they understand why we are screaming? BRINGS BACK -MEMORIES — Eldon and Bruce Bright look over an oldtime hay mower at the Lambton Heritage Museum, Sunday after- noon. T -A photo Program outlined for storage facilities Fruit and vegetable producers are eligible for a grant on the latest in storage and post-harvest treatment technology. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is funding a 40 percent grant on the capital cost of new equipment. The maximum amount is $50,000 ($125,000 capital cost): The project or equipment must be intended to improve the quality of Ontario -grown fruit and vegetables in the raw form. This includes the pur- chase of new refrigeration and en- vironmental control equipment for storages. The purchase and installa- tion, --of new post-harvest cooling equipment is also included. Post- harvest conditioning and quality im- provement equipment would be used to extend shelf -life, protect from storage disorders and enhance quality. Approval of assistance must be received by the applicant prior to commencement of the project. Pay- ment of the grant will be made follow- ing a final inspection of the completed project. The Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Farm tour is scheduled This year the Soil and Crop Tour is being held in the Zurich area. The date has been set for Tuesday, July 15, starting at 7:00 p.m. Points of interest on the tour in- clude: Soybean variety trials, hard red spring wheat, fungicide seed treatment on soft wheat, tillage trials in corn, white bean variety trial and no -till corn and barley. This year, the tour will begin at the soybean variety plot of Ray Hartman. The plot is located on County Road 2, South of Zurich on the hardtop, 114 miles north of Highway 83. Watch for the signs. Rain date has been set for Thursday, July 17 at the same time and location. Everyone is welcome. BROWN PATCHES? 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