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Times -Advocate, March 13, 1991
Page 111
Developing "specific actions
that could happen is what our ag-
minister, his staff and his task
forces are doing these days.
In fact, the entire NDP govern-
ment, with one or two exceptions
such as automobile insurance and
rent programs, seems to be doing
just that developing. In office six
months, the party has upset few
apple carts, the sky has not fallen,
the red hord has not descended on
Ontario, Les Frost has not, at last
report, rolled over in his grave,
Bill Davis still smokes his pipe,
the Lord is in His holy temple and
all is right with the world.
Well, almost everything is right.
Our Jaw -that -walks -like -a -man in
Ottawa is still in trouble but what
else is new?
Our Elmer - Buchanan, that is -
has been busy, busy, busy setting
up task forces and three top priori-
ties -have been picked: credit, the
environment and rural develop-
ment.
Task forces are at Work. Well,
yes, as much as government task
forces work. Those of us who have
been around longer than it takes
milk to go sour know that task forc-
es have a way of going on forever
and a day. Once organized, they
tend to feed off themselves like
amoeba, and split into another and
another.
Maybe the New Democrats will
fool us. Maybe these cotton-pickin'
task forces will come up with usea-
ble ideas and maybe the ideas will
be "happening".
I would not, mind you, suggest
that you hold any celebrations yet.
Do not hold your breath. Do not
place any bets.
The task forces on credit, the en-
vironment and rural development
have been gathering ideas, listening
to the people in the boondocks and
are due to report this month, maybe
even as you read this.
It is expected that the New
Democrats (and when will they
drop the 'new'? How long do they
remain new? Why don't they be-
come democrats?" will offer lower -
costs, longer-term credit for the ru-
ral population, especially for begin-
ning farmers.
Egg prices up
OTTAWA - High pre -Easter de -1
mand has increased the price per
dozen paid to Canadian producers
for Canada Grade A eggsa-
dian Egg Marketing AgeneY recent-
ly announced.
Producersacross the country will
receive an additional four cents per
dozen above the average cost of pro-
duction (COP). This increase re-
flects a seasonal pricing adjustment
which recognizes one of the peak
demand periods. It follows the slow
demand period after Christmas when
prices were below the average COP.
,. The producer price is based on a
%must of Production Formula which
is + : ted every three years and in -
cls feed, pullets, labour and capi-
ta) costs. Any price changes are ap-
proved by the National Farm
Products Marketing Council, a 1
deral 'supervisory body.
In 1989, CEMA introduced the
Seasonal Pricing Program in an ef-
fort to *come more market respon-
sive. By adjusting prices according
to seasonal variations in demand,
producers are encouraged to place
their flocks to better reflect that de-
mand. This in turn, reduces indus-
trial product removal costs. Over
the course of the year, efficient pro-
ducers continue to receive their
costs of production as required by
the Federal -Provincial Agreement
that governs the industry.
"We are hoping to find ways in
which rural people themselves can
play an important role in providing
Jong -term, affordable credit for
fanners," Buchanan told the East-
ern Farm Writers Association last
month. "We want want to encour-
age local communities to take re-
sponsibility for financing of their
own farms and rural businesses."
You can read into that whatever
you like but I believe it means that
the business will go to small, local
institutions such as credit unions in-
stead of the big chartered banks and
the government will back the credit
unions.
Our Elmer is on his toes, I think.
He warned farmers to speak up at
task force meetings, especially in
dealing with environmental issues
because officials in the environ-
ment ministry know nothing about
a agricultural.
Soil conservation, waste manage-
ment and chemical use are going to
get a high priority clearance from
his government, he said, and farm-
ers better be in there speaking for
What they want in a spirit of co-
operation with the env. mental
people. New riles and regulations
will be coming.
I liked what he said about the
third priority: rural development. It
has been my contention for lo,
these many years, that rural people
get left sucking the hind teat when
11 comes to government largesse. 'I
heard once that the Tx - the To-
ronto Transportation Commission -
gets more Ontario money than all
of agriculture.
Seems to me it's time rural com-
munities got some attention from
the moguls at Queen's Park.
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