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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-04-18, Page 2222 THE .HURON r)-PCiSIT(,R, Ai'Ril 18 Etgl,�sh utiIy. from page I Seafolrth's obj ons;tje oftheg':r certain ar aa 6Qingu the actual tiesimatteitit the pieee;of iegisdati iii, even affect Seaforth, at dude, "Coined -with itself,, It's voting onsomethin at 'i$ misrepresented here," he said. that "I lmow if a group of Ie tint* cgrq;: munity made a p}eaenta ori; and stated ilio town to provitde information f Greek, that council would Mahe every effort to provide that information to huge, just as it's made every effort in the past to%rneet,otherre- quests made of it," he said Councillor Bill Pinder noted that'coun- cii's reaction would be the sante if a;group of -french residents -made -a'request for special language services. He added that council's intent in endorsing the resolution, and in adding the clause. declaring Seaforth as english only, was not to declare itself anti -french, but rather to ensure that english remains the business language in the Town of Seaforth. - "English is the business language, but as a council we're definitely going to do our damnedest to meet the needs of the people in town," said Councillor Pat Malone. "We're just saying we're not centering out the french only, but will be treating everyone the same," added Councillor Marjorie Claus. Councillor Teall, however, disagreed. Ile questionned why council had to make any declaration at all, at this time. "By doing that you're painting yourself into a corner," he said. "Why not leave yourselves open for op- tions in the future so you can go the way you want to? Why not draft a resolution to dtalpn Pyke 1990 the ,effect that you disagree With the. ,gogernrnent's unilateral designation of lei- 'r!gual areas, rather than;: get enm lied m a• situation that On far more reaching that Councillor Pinder queatioaned that reasoning " 'not declare ourselves enaglis .'only. For the last 100 years we've been Wil. only and there,. hasn't been a problem," he cointered "1 agree," commented'DePuty ve Peg bell "We've been english all these years and haven't had a problem.prabletn,,Thitwe haven't had anytld tg in writing either, so why put it'inwritingnaw-' "It's my feeling that eouneii voted on sornetkiing whenn,it meant. cometh g,.e ,_. -. ` it re not reacting to the fact you may have to provide a service in french. And you're creating restrictions you really don't have to create," concluded Councillor Teall. "You're putting us into a boat that essentially says we are bigoted and will only speak english." "I agree, and I don't think any of us is bigoted," added Deputy -reeve Campbell. "1 don't see it that way," said Councillor Claus. "I say we're treating every ethnic group the same way." "Certainly we understood what we were doing when we passed the motion in March," finished Councillor Pinder. "And What advantage was there to it? If we went bilingual, then our literature and our signs would have to go that way, and that would be an expense to the town. We declared Seaforth english only for that reason." from page 1 fects will be on the rest of us. We must begin preparing a plan to fall back on if Quebec separates.°° When asked if she felt the government strongly backed the GATT, Mrs. Pyke said she felt they were giving it o, '.y lip ser- vice. She didn't believe article III, concer- ning milk products, would be strengthened at this round of talks in Uruguay. She stressed farmers must cone up with an alternate plan anticipating the failure of article 11 and said "Japan is now setting their pricing system more cheaply in an- ticipation of the failure of article la." "Beef from EEC countries, for 'example, is coming into Canada at a healthy clip because of the GATT," Mrs: Pyke said. "There will be trouble wi , our free trade partner (the USA) if Canada won't invoke meat import laws to keep out subsidized beef. In my opinion the meat import law won't be legal after this douid of talks." Talks went on to free trade and its ef- fects on farmers. Operating costs between the two countries were compared and the USA prices generally were quoted as lower than Canada's. It was noted that Canadian prices are higher due to taxes and the farmers wondered how they could be com- petitive in view of this. Most of the farmers. said they would import farming goods, and avoid higher Canadian prices, if the paper work wasn't so time consum- ing. Some fanners said sneaking goods in- to Canada is tempting and hard to turn a blind eye to. Mrs. Pyke told farmers that the idea of being equal is not real due to need factors across the country. The differences in population also make distribution costs dif- ferent. She stated that the only way for equality is to have the same prices across all of North America. • One farmer said there are some things to be thankful for in Canada, and cited the example of OIi1P and, for some people, cushy government jobs with nice pension plans. "Free trade and article 11 were barrell- ed right over us," Mrs. Pyke said. "We're dealing with the aftermath of all this. We need alternate plans for ongoing and up- coming matters and we need to be more vocal and stronger in our federation and backing." The farmers were concerned about the different programs desi + ed to : benefit them. Many of the programs are full and it was agreed government must renew them. Some farmers were concerned about programs being abused and, with' ; placements in them, abuses take away op- portunities for legitimate applications. They cited stories of married couples far- ming for years and then the wife "official- ly" beginning to farm, applying for pro- grams and then buying more assets or even another farm. It was agreed by the farmers that pro- grams should help beginners get started in the farming industry, but not give them as tgh a level of assets as more established farms. "The federal and provincial governments seem to be passing the issues back and forth," said Mrs. Pyke. "Some provinces were furious when federal Agriculture Minister Don Mazankowski said provincial funds will be,snatch ° by federal funds. To the provinces this looks like the feds are avoiding their responsibilities." After the coffee -meeting Mrs. Pyke went on to the OFA Morris - Grey annual meeting in Brussels where she was guest speaker. 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