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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-12, Page 22i`. .A 47 PACE.8B,--OODE'RICH SIONAL,STA t,,THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1975 . Over 837 kids .apply Clinton ugriculturul office says farmers want students It is sometimes hard to glean the truth from remarks made in the House of Commons. It must have surprised many farmers in the area when this paper carried a report which said the Ontario Agriculture Ministry is unable to expand its program to send city teenagers to farms, for the summer because not enough farmers are willing to take them. Agriculture Minister William Stewart said this in responding to a question from Murray Gaunt during a debate on the 1975-1976 budget estimates of • the ministry. Len MacGregor of the Ministry of Agriculture . and Food said he was surprised to read this in the paper since the deadline for applications was on May 12, although it Was extended to about May 16. Dave Gordon of the London branch said the junior ,agriculturalist program was only designed for 200 and a little over 300 farmers have already applied. He said this means they will" have to weed out about 100 THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS " COUNCIL ERIC N. WRIGHT, FCA The Public Accountants Council foe the Province df Ontario announces-• the election , of the following officers and members: President, E. N. H. Wright, FCA, Toronto; Vice -Pi esident, W. J. Blakely, FCA, Kingston; Secretary, R. D. Mackenzie, FCA, Hamilton; Treasurer, A. J. Black, FCA, Thunder Bay; Past President, W. P. Fazackerley, APA, Windsor; Mem-. bee of the Executive, W. J. Troop, APA, Colborne. • • Messrs. R. L. Ford, CA,- London; J. P. Latendresse, • CA, Ottawa; J. 'Pollock, FCA, Hamilton; B. F. Thomson, CA, Walkerton and L. D. • 'Freedman, FCA; D. W. McKinnon, 'FCA.; R. R. Smith, FCA; D, C, Stewart, FCA;" M. S. Werger, APM," all of Toronto, All persons 4ho practise a, , public accountants in Ontario must be licensed. under The Public Ac- countancy Act and must observe the Code of, Professional Ethics laid down by Council, Any informa- tion •regarding these matters and the penalties for non -observance of the Act and regulations may be obtained" from Mr. C, Doughty, Registrar, The Public Accountants Cbuncil forte Province'of Ontario, 45 Charles Street East, Toronto. - farmers unless they extend the program. Over 837 kids applied to work on farms , the majority from Toronto, but the program was limited to 200 since university students Administer the .: program and can't handle more, he said.' This was the same number in the program last year which was its first year, in operation, he said. Since, the statement made by the Agriculture Minister was made in the paper, ° Mr. MacGregor said he' had a number of calls from farmers willir' "to take students. . lie has given a few farmers • applications even though the date has expired 'he said, because they are sincere in wanting to hire a student. Then he said he gets told by the co- ordinator for the area that they can't take anymore. It may seem amazing that so few farmers want to hire boys aged 16 to 17, since it's a common complaint that there is -a shortage of - farm labor. especially from spring to fall. Mr. Gordon said there 'may only be 200 suitable teen-agers and employers since this is a training program rather than just a cheap labor program. The"teenager who get hired is • like a government employee and gets $11 a day plus room and board. The farmer pay $5 a day and the rest is paid by the Ministry, Mr. MacGregor said. Mr: MacGregor . said Huron County has probably the largest number of host farmers in the province, and about 25 to 30 farmers applied. He said most the kids who come to work in Huron County corne'from'the Windsor -London area. He said the teenagers are hired on the basis of their in- terest in agriculture, whether they want to make it a career, whether they are physically able -to handle the job and their enthusiasm. The farmer is chosen on whether he has experience with teenagers and what type of operation he has since many kids" want to work on dairy farms, Mr. MacGregor said. The farmer is chosen also on his attitude and whether he will expect too much of the student, Mr. MacGregor said. ' Mr. Gordon said the teenagers learn to milk Cows and operate machinery during their nine weeks on the farm which runs from the third week in June to the end of August. Better deal needed for farm workers claims labor federation Agricultural -workers in • the province of Ontario should be paid at least the minimum wage,- and piece work rates should be stacked on top of that rate. This was one of the main recommendations contained in the annual program of legislative proposals presented recently by the Ontario 'Federation of Labor to Premier William Davis and his cabinet. The 29 -page" brief, in the section dealing - with agriculture and farm labor, said the government and. the people of Ontario must become aware of the increasing possibility of a genuine food shortage in Can4da. "The labor movement is concerned that the family farm is disappearing, our best arable land is giving way to urban sprawl and while there is talk of a world food shortage, farm land' is lying vacant." The brief, presented by OFL president David B. Archer, said that unless the farm labour problem in this province is " solved, and the . trend to farm abandonment is reversed "we will have a shortage of food. and food prices....become even •more exorbitant." If the farm industry' is to 'grow 4nd prosper, • the brief says, "Then it must. have an adequate work force." The chronic problem of farm , labor can only be overcome, says the federation, by providing ' equitable wages, proper working conditions and decent accommodation. "The lot of Canadian farm workers is a national tragedy," the brief goes on and suggests the government employs a double standard in excluding farm workers ' from the. protection provided in the Employment Standards Act. Recent amendments to that Act, inst .-c.'- of 'remedying the problem of farm workers ac- tually -set them.back.. • The brief criticized - the government for "deliberately" ignoring organized labor in setting up Local Agricultural Manpower Boards desagned to provide offshore migrant farm workers some protection in wages and working conditions. No trade union representatives were invited to participate in the LAMB program in Ontario in spite of the statementby the federal minister of Manpower and Immigration that trade union representation should not be excluded. In dealing with the problems of the family farm, the brief recommended new agricultural policies designedto arrest the abandonment of such farms and provide the farmer with a "just return" for his labors. The brief also called , for government intervention to curb speculation in both food and land. 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