The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-08-08, Page 3•
Cardiff is grilled at
federation meeting
Murray Cardiff, Huron -Bruce MP
and parliamentary secretary to Don
Mazankowski, agriculture minister
and,. deputy prime minister, was
grilled by farmers at last month's
Huron County Federation of Agri-
culture meeting at Clinton.
From topics such as crop insur-
ance to the Farm Credit Corpora-
tion, the 40 farmers attempted to
press Mr. Cardiff for changes to fed-
eral farm policy.
FCC loan policies brought the
sharpest debate of the evening as
farmers urge the federal agency to
become more aggressive in helping
farmers with financing.
Chris Palmer of RR 5, Wingham,
federation president, said FCC
loans have dropped from $700 mil-
lion in 1983 to $200 million in 1987
and $100 million last year. He asked
why the FCC is cutting back its
activity.
FCC loans of the early 1980s were
used mainly to refinance existing
farms, not get new farmers into the
business, Mr. Cardiffskplied. The
County -wide water system
not practical, says PUC
A county -wide water utility
would be a financial burden for
small towns like Wingham.
That's the concensus of Wingham
Public Utilities Commission, faced
with a provincial proposal to amal-
gamate the water utility adminis-
tration in Fill_mn County.
The proposal is included in the
county restructuring report
released in April.
Last week Wingham PUC voted
to endorse a letter from Exeter Pub-
lic Utilities Commission to Oxford
MPP Charlie Tatham, one of the
authors of the county report. The
letter strongly opposes implement-
ing a county -wide water services
management system, and points
out that in Mr. Tatham's own rid-
ing, utilities have been left at the
municipal level.
We have the same concerns here
that the people in Exeter have,"
said PUC Manger Ken Saxton.
"Municipalitie can do the job
more efficiently(and more reason-
ably -priced than a county -wide sys-
tem can operate."
He also noted that towns such as
Wingham, with well-maintained
utility systems, will end up paying
higher water rates to cover costs of
updating systems in municipalities
that have not been maintaining
their own utilities to the same level.
"We'll be paying for systems in
smaller centres like Belgrave and
Whitechurch as well," he noted.
Mayor Ian Moreland, a member of
the commission, said the endorse-
ment should also note that Wing -
ham already has a reliable and cost-
efficient water system in place for
its residents. "If it goes county-
wide, we'll end up paying a lot
more for the same service."
Airmen are invited
to Dunnville reunion
For the past 43 years, Canadian
Airforce personnel who were sta-
tioned at No. 6 SFTS during the war
have gathered in Dunnville to cele-
brate their station reunion. This
year marks the 44th get-together
and it takes place Sept. 15, 16 and
17.
The weekend kicks off with a
"mood -adjustment hour" and
receptttin on -Friday evening, a 'golf
tournament and visit to the Canadi-
an Warplane Heritage Museum at
Mount Hope on Saturday morning,
followed by a parade, Harvard aeri-
al salute, memorial service and ban-
quet.
The weekend winds down with a
pancake breakfast Sunday morning.
Robert Collins, author of many
books, notably "The Long and the
Short and the Tall", will be guest of
honor and will take the salute on
Saturday afternoon beneath the
Harvard Memorial. This service is
conducted in memory of the 47
Commonwealth, American and
Canadian airmen who paid the
supreme sacrifice while serving at
Dunnville from 1940 to 1944.
The parade will be led by the
pipes and drums of Branch 142 of
the Royal Canadian Legion and the
memorial service will be preceded
by a formation fly-past of Harvard
aircraft led by Norm Beckham of
Canadian Harvard Aircraft Associ-
ation of Woodstock.
A banquet will follow at the
Legion auditorium at which time
Mr. Collins will be the speaker and
will reminisce on his early days in
the RCAF.
All veterans and all ranks of No.
6 and their spouses 'areinvited. If
you are ,not, on the mailing list,
please contact, Frank Scholfield,
Adjutant -General, 646 Alder Street
West, Dunnville, Ont., NIA 1S5.
Morris has
no objection
to severance
Morris Township Council has no
objection to a severance application
for Ron Cook at the east end of Bel -
grave.
The severance would create one
new lot for a residence at Brandon'
Street. Council has no objection as
the application complies with the
township secondary plan.
The severance application has
been forwarded to the county plan-
ning and development committee.
TAUNTED Glitte—lattet kikaynn, daughter of Dave and Joan
McGlynn of Kitchener and granddaughter of Joe Tiffin, took to the
stage at last weekend's Teeswater-Culross Old Boys' and Girls'
Reunion during the music jamboree at the arena.
corporation still is attempting to
.recover from the problems of the
over -expansion of that era.
Doug Garniss of Morris Town-
ship asked Mr. Cardiff if he felt it is
acceptable for FCC to only be loan-
ing out $100 million per year. At
such levels, he claimed, the corpo-
ration should be laying off staff and
closing offices.
Mr. Cardiff said the message is
that FCC is not meeting the needs
of farmers. The government has
made a commitment to change and
is looking at the situation.
However, Paul Klopp of Zurich,
past president of the federal and
former New Democratic Party can-
didate, said that while the govern-
ment claims it must take time to
study FCC, it could make an
overnight decision to bail out a
Western bank.
"You're in a. position to do some-
thing," he challenged Mr. Cardiff.
"Treat us (farmers) like a bank out
West."
The government could insist that
FCC have a good farm credit policy.
It would show confidence to young
farmers who are getting out of the
business now, Mr. Klopp said.
Another farmer agreed with Mr.
Klopp's complaint about high inter-
est rates. The mart said his two sons
cannot continue to farm with high
interest rates. "You've got to act
and do something," he told Mr.
Cardiff.
Crop insurance brought more
criticism. Bob Down of Hensall
asked when and if crop insurance
covering 90 per cent of loss would
be implemented.
Mr. Cardiff said the government
would like to see a "safety -net"
program composed of crop insur-
ance and tri -partite stabilization in
effect by the 1990 crop year, but this
will require participation by the
provinces.
Gordon Hill, a member of the
provincial crop insurance commis-
sion, challenged the federal govern-
ment's concern for long-term pro-
grams for farmers.
Currently the program is paid for
50 per cent by the farmers and 50
per cent by the federal government
with the province picking up the
expenses of administering the pro-
gram. However, claimed Mr. Hill,
the federal government has been
pushing for a system whereby the
farmer would continue to pay 50
per cent, while the federal and
provincial governments would
each pay 25 per cent.
Mr. Cardiff argued that the new
agreement would not be so unfair
to the province because the cost of
administering the program would
be included in the total program.
And, he said, lower costs for insur-
ance might increase the overall
costs of the program because more
farmers would be included.
Mr. Hall said that when a com-
mittee was set up to review the
crop insurance program, it recom-
mended that there would be more
coverage11(currently farmers can
recover only 80 per cent of the
value'of their crop) and more pub-
lic funding. But the federal govern-
ment is going the other way, he
said.
"Let's work out the plan we
want and we'll come up with the
money," said Mr. Cardiff.
"I've got the program. You give
me the money," countered Mr. Hill.
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INTERNATIONAL TRACK MEET, Shaun Gedcke, centre, of the Wingham Optimist Track and
Field Club, recorded personal bests in the 100 -metre and long jump at a recent meet at Buffalo, New
York. (Track club photo)
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Crime Stoppers are seeking your
help in solving this matter.
The fire occurred in the early
hours of Sunday, July 9 and three
youths were seen in the area at
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