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Times Advocate, 1992-02-19, Page 25f AI .Colouring contest winners Wearing their new T-shirts were winners from the recent coloring contest sponsored by Huron Tractor in Exeter. Here are Sharon Graham, Kelly McNaughton, Bradley Hickey, Marsha Denys, Laura Matheson, Dann Eedy and Christopher Hem. Absent were Timmy Zehr and Shawn De- prez. Federal pesticide regulation system revised OTTAWA - The federal govern- ment last Monday announced an improved regulatory system for pesticides that enhances protection of human health and the environ- ment while ensuring access to ef- fective pest management tools. Changes to the system are based on the recommendations contained in the final report of the Pesticide Registration Review Team, ap- pointed by the Minister of Agricul- ture to examine Canada's pesticide registration system. The Review Teuton included representatives of health, environmental. labor and consumer groups and the farm, fo- restry, and chemical industries. "The Pesticide Registration Re- view Team, representing a wide variety of views on this issue, was able to produce a set of recommen- dations based on a balanced ap- proach that emphasized a healthy environment while allowing indus- try to have access to the pest man- agement tools it needs to remain competitive," said Agriculture Minister Bill McKnight. "The im- proved pesticide regulation system the government is announcing re- flects that same responsible ap- proach." The government will devote ap- proximately $81 million to imple- ment the improvements. Canada's Green Plan will provide approxi- mately 75 percent of the resources and the rest will be funded internal- ly from existing resources. The improvements will be imple- mented over six years. They in- clude: • increased resources to provide access to newer, potentially safer and more effective pesticide pro- ducers and accelerated re-evaluation of older products; • the establishment of a Pest Man- agement Alternatives Office to re- duce dependence on pesticides by adopting preventative and alterna- tive approaches; • a more open and transparent de- cision-making process that will al- low for greater public involvement and access to data; • improving transfer of health, safety and environmental informa- tion to farm workers and other us- ers; • improving the availability of pest control products for minor uses and working with stakeholders to launch a pilot prof to permit us- ers to import a selected number of products from the United States that are equivalent to products registered in Canada. • legislation to clearly define and strengthen the roles and responsibil- ities of Health and Welfare Canada and Environment Canada in the de- cision-making process by which pesticides may be registered for use in Canada; • setting up an advisory council, including representatives from health, labor, environmental, consu- mer, and industry groups to provide advice to the government on priori- ties, policies and programs affecting pesticide registration. o setting .up .a Pesticide Manage- ment Secretariat to support the Ad- visory council, and to coordinate in- tergovemmental efforts in pesticide management. Agriculture Minister Bill McKnight is pleased to an- nounce the appointment of Ivo Krupka as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat. Mr. Krupka has served with the Cabinet Secretariat, External Affairs and Employment and Immigration. Under the revised regulatory sys- tem, Environment Canada, in con- sultation with Fisheries and Oceans, will also provide advice on pro- posed pesticide registration as it af- fects fishery habitats. CCAT offers farm welding course HURON PARK - Are you in- terested in improving your welding skills or learning new welding techniques. An intro- ductory and advanced welding course is being offered to farm- ers. The advanced course begins Monday, February 24, 10:00 a.m. to 2:OO --pan. for three Mondays, and is being held at Centralia College. The course will provide both classroom and hands on instruction of ad- vanced welding techniques in- cluding selection of welding rods and equipment, clamping, tacking and aligning parts to_ prevent distortion, iron welding - and brazing, making jigs and '. plasma cutting. In addition par- ticipants will have an opportu- nity to work on a project. The introductory course will — help producers understand gas and mig welding,'safety, types of rods and amp settings with lots of opportunity to practice. The introductory course will begin Monday, March 16, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for three Mondays and will be held at Centralia College of Agricul- tural Technology. Cost for each course is $45. To register contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food office Clinton. The courses are being spon- sored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food and the Huron Industrial Training Ad- visory Committee. Must co-operate, OFAH tells native constitutional committee, CURVE LAKE RESERVE - The Ontario government's relaxation of conservation laws for Indians has caused increased racism and con- frontation between native and non- native communities, and it must be changed, the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters told a travel- ling native constitutional commit- tee. The "interim Enforcement Poli- cy", which makes' Ontario natives immune frau existing laws that protect fish and wildlife, must be dropped, Dr. Dave Ankney, OFAH president and zoology professor at the University of Western Ontario, told the committee at the Curve Lake Reserve, north of Peterbo- rough. Ankney told the native commit- tee that it's in the best interest of natives to ask that the government policy be abandoned, because it will ensure /the eventual death of fish and wildlife conservation, and will create unpreeendented conflict between two groups that sham common goals. "I've heard it said that non - natives hunt and fish for sport, while natives hunt and fish for food," Ankney told the native pan- el. "That, of course, is nonsense. Hunting and fishing is part of both of our cultural heritages. For many of us, our lives would be incom- plete if ave couldn't hunt and fish, and enjoy eating the fish and game that our Creator has provided for us... We all know that the Creator didn't provide fish and wildlife for only one group of pedple." Natives will be hurt by the Inter- im Enforcement Policy as much as anyone, he said. For example, based on the 1991 agreement signed between the province and the Golden Lake Al- gonquins, moose and doer could quickly be extinct if all natives take allowed harvests. "The deer and moose agreement with the 1,200 Golden Lake Algon- quins allocated to them 100 moose and 150 deer per year," Ankney said. "0 all of Ontario's 325,000 na- tives had a similar allocation ratio, deer and moose would be extinct in less than five years, even if that was no non-native harvest." The province's race -based policy of allowing natives to hunt and fish without adhering to conservation laws that non -natives must follow I will tear the two common commu- nities apart, Ankney said. "(The Policy) is racist in that it says that rights to harvest and fish arc based on race. As I'm sure you're aware, this could get really ugly, i.e. result in violent confronta= tion, and neither natives nor non - natives want to see that. "I believe that you should tell governments that, at least until na- tive.self-goverrimentis a workable reality, policies, such as Ontario'rs interim Enforcement Policy should be scrapped and that natives should abide by the same rules and regula- tions as do non native hunters and fishermen." Natives and non -natives must wok together, as they have in the past, to enhance the -future of fish and wildlife. Ankney said. "Instead of fighting each other - but fight we will as long as fish and wildlife are not equitably shared - native and non-native hunters and fishermen must forge new alliances to fight against those who destroy fish and wildlife habitats." Copper can improve wheat yields Times -Advocate, February 19, 1992 Papa.25 in the Furrow Hy Bob 'Trotter f., It's the winter doldrums for most I agree with him. 1 think the "high" import duties would gradual- ly be lowered under this govern- ment's plant.) bow to our big neigh- bours to the south. Obviously, a few others think the same way. Look for more such rallies. Those fanners. They cannot do much except per- form routine maintenances around the farm and the regular morning - and -evening chores. But if there is little human activity in the barn- yard, much is going on for Kericul- in Kitchener vowed they would Lure in outer places. For instance, more than 2,000 farmers joined a protest rally lin Kitchener and threatened more ac- tion before this fight with the GATT negotiiatiorit is complete. Regular readers are well aware that this corner has been warning farm- - vers for a couple of years that mar - kering boards, especially those with supply management, are on the chopping block at GATT. And that is what those 2,000 . farmers were protesting in Kitchen- - er. 1 watched those people in Kitch- ener and they are not idealistic young radicals. They are - hard- working, men and women with a tremendous stake in their farms, their future and this country. Many of them are no longer shaking their heads in bewilderment. They are taking a stand against what may be happening to their way of life in far-off places by negotiators who have never been near a barnyard. I heard the expression "sacrificial lamb" several times at that rally. That is the way farmers feel. They are worried that GATT chairman Arthur Dunkel is proposing to con- vert import barriers to tariffs which would include the quota system for dairy and poultry which so many farmers have fought so hard to get and keep in place. Only a certain amount of cheese, eggs, chicken and turkey can be brought into Canada under specifi- cally -granted import permits. But GATT chairman Dunkel has pro- posed that unlimited imports be al- lowed under a stiff duty. In theory, it sounds workable but an old friend of mine from the On- tario Milk Marketing Board, Peter Oosterhof, put it bluntly: "The du- ties will work on day one only." As the duties come down, even if grad- ually, fanners would face slow strangulation. REGINA - Applying capper to a wheat crop increased yields by 25 t during a demonstration pro - conducted last summer. •.'Test areas treated with copper sulphate averaged six bushels an acre higher than untreated areas," says Barry Swanson, extension agrologist with Saskatchewan Ru- ral Development in Prince Albert. "The economic value of this prac- tice, however, depends on the crop prices and the residentual effect of the copper on future yields. "Test plots yielded 30 bushels an acre while control strips average 24 bushels an acre," he says. Eugene Matwishyn of Prince Al- bert provided the copper -deficient field for the one-year project. Swanson says two test plots and two control strips were established after soil tests completed by the Soil Testing Laboratory at the Uni- versity of Saskatchewan indicated that the soil had a copper deficien- cy. Prior to seeding, copper sulphate was applied to test plots at the rate of six pounds of copper an acre. The process was repeated in two different areas of the field using the fertilizer attachment an the seed drill. The four plots were part of a field seeded to Katepwa wheat in May and harvested in September," Swanson says. "Moisture condi- tions at the plot were adequate throughout the growing season. The field was sprayed for broad- leaf weeds in June." The Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) provid- ed funding for the project. Get The Alpine Advantage For Corn, Beans & Wheat ALPINE For Alpine Liquid Starter Planters and Drill Hook-ups Poly Storage Tanks cro-Nutrients Call Sc Cooper 263-6108 Or Eric DevI 1Ifnck 228-6276 "bring Ottawa to a standatil." Moat of us think Ottawa has only throe speeds now: Slow, damned slow and stopped, so it should not be dif- ficult to bring it to a standstill. - American negotiators want supply management marketing boards eliminated as do a great many other people involved in negotiations in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This headlong rush to eliminate agricultural subsidies all over the world is a insult of the Americans fighting with the Euro- pean Common Market, specifically the grain wars of the last decade, . - _ I agree with Peter. Slow strangu- lation is a holrible way to die. Also in the news recently was the announcement that the once -famous face of the CBC, Knowlton Nash is going to go about Canada delivering lectures to farm groups on how they must become better communicators. It's a series of lectures sponsored by the Dr. Leonard S. Klinck foun- dation. He is going to tell farmers they must do much more to tell city people about their plight. I can think of half a dozen people who could do a better job. Nash, former vice-president in charge of CBC news and current affairs -- wasn't he even the big boss at CBC for a while?--- was in charge when agriculture was put on the back burner by our beloved national ra- dio and TV system. It was Nash who cut Radio Noon's agricultural content. 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