The Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-10-07, Page 2Loa 3---Tbe VA*Sbam Advance -Times, October 7, 1876
'Farmers band toget.her
to sue Ont, g,overn . ent
A group of local farmers have The farmers say they have lost agencies for these damages. several farmers at the meeting
decided to sue the Ontario a great deal of money and that it Clinton lawyer Paul. Ross has who were not convinced. One
Government and its agency, the is directly the fault of the govern- been hired by the farmers to pre- lady said they worked "too damn
Ontario Milk Marketing Board. ment. A couple of years ago, pare the lawsuit. hard to turn our money over to a
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Ontario was encouraging people At Tuesday's meeting Rgq,sss lawyer', while another man
A group calling itself STOMP to go into the milk producing in- outlined his reasons why ''he couldn't understand how they
could sue the Ontario govern-
— Save the Ontario Milk Pro-
dustry, and to increase their es- thought the farmers could sue- men( and the Milk, Marketing
ducers — invited 50 farmers to a tablished milk production. cessfully sue the government. He Board, both of which they had
meeting in an Ethel barn last Now a surplus exists, and the cited two recent cases when the
Tuesdayt to et reactions to elected themselves.
� g federal government ordered a government has been taken to
the proposal. According to quota cutback of 15 per cent. court and has been defeated. The Mr. Whiting says that lawyer
Ross is
STOMP member Albert Whiting, STOMP says the resultant fin- first involved the teachers' union crusademuch like consumer
r Ralph Nader, and is the
of Ethel, over 75 per cent of those ancial loss for many farmers is in the dispute over wages earlier kind of man that can get things
at the meeting agreed that taking thousands of dollars, and as a this year, and the other involveLl done. He is sure the farmers can
legal action will be the best result the organization is going to the controversy when the Clinton win this case against the govern -
course. sue the Ontario government and hospital was ordered closed by ment because "we have justice
Health Minister Frank Miller. A on our side."
court case resulted in the hospital He said that protests and all
,emaining open. earlier negotiations have failed to
Parent asks more time One of the reasons Ross was produce results. He is also not
hired by the farmers was due to optimistic that a complaint he
(Continued from Pae 1 ) to co-ordinate volunteers to assist his familiarity with the Clinton
Page lodged with the Ombudsman's
has been tested, follow-through with remedial work so that the case. office is going to produce many
programs will be automatically immediate needs of specialized "You borrowed money to build "results.
forthcoming." assistance can be met." because the g6vernment said to Next in the plan of action for
Without follow-through she DIRECTOR EXPLAINS increase your production," said STOMP is a larger meeting of .
charged that the board was, Director of Student Services for Mr. Ross at the meeting Tuesday. farmers, probably in the Strat-
"wasting the time of the testers, the board, Ila Keyes, explained to "and then they said, we're sorry, ford area, in about three weeks.
wasting tax -payers money, rdis- the meeting that following testing but you'll have to cut back 15 per From here the organizers hope
ing hope of false expectations in a list of recommendations are left cent . . . "We're saying to the support for the lawsuit will grow
parents to whom you are re- at the school to be acted on by the government that we are not here and become province wide. They
sponsible and failing the child." teachers involved with these looking for welfare, and we are will need about 1,000 farmers to
not asking for a subsidy. We are
children.
She suggested that the talents just looking for little justice.,, begin building an effective fight,
of these people be applied in She also explained that more ] g a � but they are sure they can get at
programming and follow- than 2600 students were tested by Mr. Ross continued, "We've least that many to sign n
through, not just in testing. the Student Services staff and met our end of the bargain, and
In addition to asking for an that insufficient staff meant that now we are saying to the govern -
independent study of the question a more complete program of ment, you meet your,.'
she asked that an interim services after testing could not be Mr. Whiting told the farmers
program be set up to assist offered. "With a staff of 50," she present that to start off with they
students with specific difficulties suggested, "perhaps more could are asking for $20 per farmer to
until the other study is completed be done." cover legal fees. If necessary,
and a policy has been establish- "I have 304 referrals on my they will come back later to ask
ed. desk today and this is only the for more. Mr. Whiting, who
"The interim program," Mrs. end of September," she explain- claims he personally has lost be -
Van den Broeck said, "should ed. tween $12,000 and $15,000, or 35
consist of grants to allow older Board member R. J. Elliot said per cent of his expected income,
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children with learning difficulties he thought Mrs. Van den Broeck said a ee s e armers wi
to board at schools which have was correct on at least one point. come through with the money. He
been established to meet their He said it was very likely that thinks getting 1,000 people to join
needs; assistance with the remedial teachers were being in the class action suit would be
financing and setting up of tutor- flooded because basic skills no problem at all.
ing programs where warranted; "may not be taught in the Alice Burt of Ethel told the
provision of a liason person to classroom." farmers Tuesday that if neces-
work specifically with parents The board accepted Mrs. Van sary she would give Mr. Ross the weaim
and to assure that specialized den Broeck's brief and referred it mortgage on her farm to get the ■
needs are being met, to set up to the education committee for lawsuit started
workshops, films on learning dis- further study and for possible Despite the confidence of those
abilities for parents and staff and recommendations. .)rganizing the fight, there were nnid "AM. min M ddiind
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BILL CRUMP, representing The Wingham Advance -Times, mounted the big tractor on
Tuesday at the International and plowed his way to third place in the competition for
press, radio and TV. Roy Bennett of CKNX, a veteran of many matches, was first and
Gary Struthers of The Stratford Beacon -Herald was second.
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MONSTER MACHINES in the plowing match parade are symbolic of the rapid changes
taking place in agriculture as well as the sort of capital required in farm operations.
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This Guideline is designed. to protect and
improve the real income of working Canadians,
while bringing down -the rate of inflation.
• All governments are restraining their
expenditures. The federal government is limiting
After one year, the anti-inflation program is growth in its own spending to keep it irf line with
doing what it set out to do. the overall growth of the Canadian economy.
The most important achievement has been This means that every day hard choices must be
the drop in the inflation rate. A year ago, made to limit new .programs and trim old ones.
consumer prices were rising at a rate of 10.6%. These choices are pginful. But they have to be
By August 1976, that rate of increase hadmade if the*governrnenl is to restrain its.costs
dropped to 6.2%. This fall -some unavoidable and avoid contributing to inflation.
increases in energy costs and municipal taxes
will affect the rate of inflation. In spite of this, the
first year target of an inflation rate of no more
than 8% will be met.
Increases in all forms of income -wages, 3o
salaries, fees, profits, dividends -are also being — - _--
successfully restrained. On the average, prices Nobody likes controls. Not the people
have gone up less than wages this year. This' whose private decisions (.ire affected by them
means that most Canadians can cope a bit And not the governments that have to enforce
better, we have more buying power than we had them. But controls were ind are needed, to
before the program beganbring inflation down and to assure a growing
economy The program will be terminated by the
end of 1978. Until it is ended, the government is
committed to making sure the controls work hcxrd
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20 to bring about a continuing reduction in the rate
of inflation.
The goal of the second year of the anti- Inflation has to be .ut down to protect our
inflation program is to bring inflation down even personal buying power, our savings and
further, to no more than 6%. This can be achieved pensions, and job, for.(_>rinadians. If last year's
only if increases in everything slow down together. spiral (-)f rising prices rind incomes had'---,
In our kind of market economy, prices have continued, Canadir-.in mrsde products would"
to be able -to move up and down to some extent soon be unable trj �:-)mpete in world markets.
But the anti-inflation program does put an Imports r-nuld e -wily u.ndemut goods produced
effective restraint on prices by controlling profit and sold here at home It's especially important
margins In the second year, the price and profit for us to keep our prices and costs competitive
controls are being changed to make the rules with the United States, and on both counts the
simpler and to apply restraint more fairly among U S is s -till doing better than we are. Finally,
different companies. They also include important inflation -also hurts investment. And when
incentives to encourage the investments the investment goes down, unemployment goes up.
country reeds to make the economy grow and After a year of controls, inflation has come
create new.jobs for Canadians New investment Ir-,•f.rn Progress has been made, in protecting
credi's 'J11,11 make allowances `.or company profits Cana -.lean )ohs and improving Canada's well-
re-,nves'ed to boost production and productivity bein-4 The success of the anti-inflation program
In -ne area of wages and salaries, the so far h,_is depended a great deal on the co -
second year Guidelines limit increases to 6"'% as operation of many C(-inadians: With continued
a protea-%,= against pr,ce :n--reases,w,th l/ co %perati-)n, we can all look forward to sharing
more -1,a -.ed as a share of national producti,nty a m ;re prosper, -,us and growing economy.
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