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Page 8.A—Crossroads—Nov, 20, 1985
Soil conservation has been
shamefully neglected, and
an investment in soil conser-
vation would be repaid many
times over the longer term.
It would enable farmers to
retire cropland for conserva-
tion and replenishment, and
outlays by governments cer-
tainly would be, justified as
they would ensure fertility
over the balance of this cen-
tury. The aid to farmers
would be cost-effective and
would bolster farmers' earn-
ings while crop prices are so
depressed.
Our export trade has been
given insufficient attention.
Slow growth in domestic de-
mand and the big increases
our farmers have been able
to achieve in productivity
make it essential that we
look to export markets to sell
our surpluses. Our export
markets must be developed
further or our agricultural
industry will be reduced in
size. That would have a
negative -effect on rural life
and countless small com-
munities in Canada.
Historically Canada has
exported raw agricultural
products, and our efficient
farm sector meant that we
could compete in_ the free
markets that have existed.
Now, export credit assist-
ance and tariff protection, by
the European Economic
Community, Japan, and
others have curtailed our na-
tural markets. We must fight
to regain those markets by
insisting on fair access or
else retaliatory steps will be
taken. Also, we must offer
export credit assistance at
least equal to that offered by
other major exporters. At
the moment we offer the
least export credit help of
any major exporter.
Finally, we should begin a
program of adding value to
farm products by processing
them before they are sold.
This would add significantly
to export earnings. Greater
emphasis on value-added
products must be encour-
aged by government -direct-
ed assistance and guidance,
and aided by tax incentives.
By measures such as
these, our farmers can be
helped through a difficult
era, and our overall
economy will derive signifi-
cant benefits as well.
Today the average farmer
in Ontario feeds 90 people.
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Even though . North
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Also if a plan put in place to
cap budget deficits, that
would help tolower interest
rates by reducing the pres-
sure on the bond markets for
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