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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-06-10, Page 391 1 GODEHICH.SIGNALSTAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987 --PAGE 11A District l g e s Changes neeed to ins! rance A series of changes to improve Ontario's crop insurance program was announced recently by Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell, His announcement follows the June 1 release of the Canada -Ontario Crop Insurance Review committee report which recorrunended changes to the crop in- surance program. • Mr. Riddell said he is referring 14 specific crop recommendations from the report to the Ontario Crop Insurance Commission for action. ••1 expect that most of the specific changes can be acted on over the summer anti fall and built into the 1988 insurance plan." In addition, •lvlr. Riddell announced that Varna cash cropper Gordon Hill will be ap- pointed chairman of the Ontario Crop In- surance Commission, the first farmer to hold the position. In the past, the chairman .has been a civil servant — the director of the ministry's crop insurance and stabilization branch. "I feel that a farmer chairman will make the commission more sensitive to the needs of the farm community," he said. "This chairman can play an important role in en- suring that the changes reconunended by the review committee are implemented in a way that is both practical and fair to the farmer." Mr. Hill is a past -president of the Ontario F'e'deration of Agriculture and past- chair•man of the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board. . In • addition, two members of the review committee, Ralph Beamer, a'fruit farmer from Ridgeville and Ruth Tobler, a dairy farmer from New Liskeard, will be ap- pointed to the commission. The review report proposed that .more members be ap- pointed to the Crop Insurance Commission to ensure representation from all parts of the province and all major crops. Copies of the review committee'report are being.sent to farm organizations and those who made' submissions. The deadline for (•utnrnents is July 31. • 'l'he report was based.. on information gathered during extensive public consulta- tion. The committee held 15 public hearings, received 275 submissions,, examined federal and provincial legislation and studies pro- grams in other jurisdictions. Recorirmendations in the review commit- tee report fall into two categories: the first ,group can he irnplemented by the provincial government through the crop insurance commission; the second group requires federal government approval before they can be implemented. Two of the major recommendations — a 10 per cent increase in coverage and changes to the funding agreement so that farmers wyll pay less of the premiums'— re- quire agreement from the federal government. -My staff will be meeting with federal of- ficials on these issues as soon is possible," said Mr. Riddell. "The changes that I announced today show. just how serious I am about making the crop insurance program work better in Ontario." Incident on St Clair Iver gives four fishermen a shock Two familiar lake ships have left Cana- dian shores for good, and one of them by THE now lie on the bottom of the Pacific S H I P V V AT C H E R; a_ Ocean. ISIME The handsome pair of ULS Interna- tional freighters, Red Wing and Frank A. Sherman were reported arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, under tow of the tug Canadian Viking, probably bound for scrapping on the far side of the Pacific. After having work done on them, the ships departed March 6 under tow, with the Sherman directly behind the tug, followed by • Red Wing. Rumors have been heard that Red Wing founded on the next leg of the voyage somewhere in the vast reaches of the Pacific. Both ships were products of the then Upper Lakes Shipping subsidiary, Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd, in St.' Catharines. The Sherman was launched in 1958 and measured 681 feet, 3 inches in length with a beam of 72 feet. Red Wing has a max- imum canal -sized vessel 730 feet long with 75 feet of beam. Her stern was from a tanker named Boundbrook, launched in 1944, to which in 1960 was added the new forward section including her distinctive wheelhouse that extended nearly full beam and had windows slanting in at the bottom. An incident in the St. Clair River on April 17 involving the Canadian Ranger gave four fishermen in two srriall out- board boats a bit of a shock. The downbound Ranger is reported to have just passed. an upbound freighter and a tug -and -barge team off Russell Island when the Ranger is thought to ha 'e strayed from the channel and brushed one of the anchored fishing boats. Its two occupants and a pair from a nearby.boat dived overboard and were picked up by a third boat. They raced after the Ranger and retrieved the first boat whose anchor line apparently was caught in the freighter's rudder. The craft was undamaged. *** A new ferry is planned for the Pelee Island run in Lake Erie. An end -loader • By ick With type with capacity for 400 passengers and 30 automobiles, including trucks, the vessel will replace two existing ferries. The Pelee Islander was built in 1960 by Erieau Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., and the Upper Canada was launched in 1949 at Russell Brothers Limited, Owen Sound. • The Ontario Ministry of Transporta- tion & Communications originally plann- ed to buy a used ferry for the run. In- stead, it ',later decided to allocate $10 million to design and build the new ship. *** The beloved old steamboat RMS Segwun celebrates her 100th birthday this corning July 4. She is the last of the famous Muskoka Lakes steamships that carried passengers and freight in that region. Segwun entered the latest phase of her long career in 1981 after a 10 -year effort by dedicated and hard-working groups in Muskoka • and elsewhere' to restore her. Since 1982 she,has been running regular cruises, and last year earned 'enough to cover all her expenses. To keep operating, Segwun must undergo drydocking and hull inspection. But the Gravenhurst facilities where she 'was restored have been removed, and her supporters are trying to raise $100,000 to build a new marine railway to accom- modate the steamer. Segwun was built from iron plates fabricated in Scotland. She'was original- " ly named Nippissing and was a sidewheeler: 'Aft'er her first rebuild, in 1925 she was renamed Segwun (Ojibway for springtime) and became a propeller - driven vessel. This amazing old-timer is, now about to enter her second century of service with • a 14 schedule of cruises for the coming season Insurance Committee says rights anfreedoms are at stake • The Insurance Coma rttee of the Canadian 'legislative reform that would reduce costs Bar Association Ontario has determined in the motor vehicle accident compensation that the introduction. of any insurance system. Over a year has past; everyone wih the reforms, scheme that completely or ' partially agreed ment hasntt taken any actionut the govern abolishes the right of access to the courts discriminates against innocent victims. "The principles of fundamental justice en- tr?enched• in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are at stake," says Commit- tee Chairman Tim Bates. The CBAO has recommended several reforms to improve our present system. Adds Bates, "The CBAO has been studying these problems well before the Slater Com- mission started. ,rights, and reduces premiums, not benefits. 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