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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-08-28, Page 12MUM 'PO 12 HorioN ,exp 'TOR ALIGUST 28 1880 1777, 7.7.74,717.77,179,' r. letters art appx0C7afed ba• 000 Trottel Fides Rd Elnwiat Ord' Nie 2C7 ower does \torrupt Some years ago when the Ontario Milk Marketing Ward was suffering great growing' pains, I criticized officials of the board for being too arrogant and. for not letting the public know what was going on. said then that the board needed better public relations. In a democratic society, justice must be seen to be done as well as to be done. The milk board. has . spent ' considerable sums of Money to improve its image. I think it has been money well spent. It is, therefore, time for the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency and the Ontario Egg Producers Marketing Board to spend some money on public relations. Not only that, It's time the farm leaders on the .agency and the board took steps to rid themselves of the arrogance and abuses of , power that these boards are displaying. I have been a staunch supporter of marketing boards for farmers for more than 20 years. They are the only method that has worked to give farmers some clout in the marketing of their products collectively. Goodness knows; some clout is needed in Canada to curtail the power of the huge food chains. . I would .have been the last person to suggest that farmers would allow .arrogance, disdain for the public and even defiance of government bodies set up to heff police those very same marketing. boards. • From the outside looking in --I am not a farmer --it seems to me that the egg board and the national agency need to get back to the fundamentals that have kept agriculture in this country alive and vital. They need a return to honesty and respect. Why am I, a chap from the back forty who has always suppafed farmers, now spouting such heresy? Because an inquiry conducted by the farm products marketing council, a body set up to police marketing agencies, has revealed that CEMA's manager has sometimes defied the council's orders and has even refit -SCA -tTh1] �1iieTid d�Wibd...6f '- directors. Now the same tactics appear to be surfacing with the Ontario egg board. It has been chastised by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board. After two years of attempts, the pullet growers in Ontario have gained absolutely no concessions from the board. A .few weeks ago, the board again displayed arrogance and callousness when legal technicalities were used to have the Ontario Farm Products Appeal Tribunal settle the dispute for the pullet growers. I do not like this legal wrangling. All ft-d2034s line the pockets of lawyers and give farmers and their marketing boards a black eye. The public, the consumer. know little or nothing. What appears to be apathy today will turn to contempt tomorrow. When that contempt erupts. the farmers will have no one but themselves to blame when the structures for marketing. which they so long and painfully built are • torn down by an irate group of people who will have taken too much for too long. This is not an open condemnation of farm marketing boards. I am. as much in favor of them now as I was 20 years ago. But justice must be seen to be dcme. It certainly looks now as though these two organizations are not one whit interested in justice being done or seen to be done. It looks as though the paid officials are chortling with glee, rubbing their hands like an unctions Uriah Heep, defying government officials, consumers and anyone else. This attitude must change. If Max Roytenberg is going to earn his $100,000 -plus per year salary,. he had better 'soften his heart. And Brian Ellsworth, too, in the Ontario situation. It is just another example of how power tends to corrupt. It is an example of a good thing, unless those who believe in it can constantly watch it, can turn into a can of worms. The price of justice is .eternal publicity. Info for beef font -firs Reserve your dinner by Manager of the Ontario August 27th for the Beef Cattlemen's Association. Information Night at Kirkton 4 on Tuesday, September 2nd. Simply call the Ag. Office. The $6 meal starts at 6:3C p.m. The program includes; talks on break-even prices, market outlook, the supply situation in the west and the Bruce County Health Study. There will also be, reports from Canfax and the Middle- sex Beef Advertising Project., as well as a presentation by Graeme Hedley, Sec.. Wait to spray for bindweed 4The wet weather this past 6 weeks has been bad for the wheat . sprouts and bean mould. But it has done a good job in growing bind- weed. This looks like the one year in 5 that you can control bindweed after the grain is harvested. But don't spray too early. Wait until the bindweed gets into flower; this will probablybe early September. Even then the bindweed must be actively growing. Again if you don't want to spray it yourself, we know where there are custom applicators that would love to do it. ex# * Air .1 FOR SECURITY AND PEACE OF MIND CREDIT UNION GUARANTEED, DEPOSITS 70 Ontario Si. Clinton, Ont. 482-3467 • ONE YEAR TERMS CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION Notice Reflecting changes in area shopping habits the business office of The Expositor will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a,m. to 1 p.m. (The littron Txpositor "Since 1860. Serving the Community First" PHONE 527-0240 SEAFORTH KNECHITEL , sY JACK 81888a m.r.P. The theory .,ef deinstitu- tionalizatioo is a noble one. TheIt ca re fd:ra pt he 04 pt isb withe t tert non-, acute health and social pro- blems in the community than it is to shut, them away in institutions was first dev- eloped in connection with chronically mentally ill pat- ients. It is now intended to help all those with chronic problems, including mentally ill, mentallyretarded, elderly and physically disabled people. A community-based approach promised to be infinitely more humane as well as less costly to the public. Unfortunately, dein- stitutionalization is falling -short of -itsgoals, and is occurring without adequate planning to ensure that nec- essary support serviCeS are in place, without any single Ministry or level of govern- ment having the clear res- ponsibility and authority to do such long term planning, Jack's J�fli.ngs'. and withont 'a rational or co-ordinated approach to funding community support services. \L In all too 7hany cases, the • alternative living enron- rnents for ex -patients and the elderly consist of substan- dard boarding and lodging homes. Overlooked has been the need to provide many of the services that would have been provided by the hos- pital or institutional home. Extra special services which these people require if they are truly to enter or remain in the mainstream of com- munity living are deficient. agencies and ose who provide services are resentful and frustrated, and the people who were intended to benefit from the new approach receive in- adequate care .in many in- stances. CUT BEDS Between 1963 and 1978, .•, lite number of psychiatric beds in Ontario was cut by almost three quarters - from 16,0,00 t�4,600, This dram- atic change was brought about by a reaction against the traditional mediaeval treatment of mentally ill people4 combined with the discovery of new drugs- that allowed those with chronic mental problems to be stab- ilized. The problem with Ont- ario's rapid deinstitutionaliz- ation is that it has not been matched by a corresponding growth in community facili- ties. The closure of Toronto's 'TV discharged. In Metro Toronto, the inadequacy of the present situation is widely, acknow- ledged. Articles in the press have' graphically described the life of squalor and desperation faced by many hundreds of former mental patients now living three and four or more to a room in dingy boarding houses. A Metro report in October 1979 (=firmed the picture: board- ing homes with 30 or 40 beds, rainimal quality meals, little or no supervisory care suitable for the needs of residents, haphazard super- vision of drugs - despite the tact that 95% of discharged mentally /ill patients are Lakeshore' Psychiatric Hos- required to follow a medic - vital -last-year is- a_typical_atwiaoyn-opfrog, cacmti;;altititolne"in pro - red. of what has occur- red. Only half of the $2.6 grams designed to reinte- grate former patients into community life. Nor can one always blame boarding house operators, many of whom get little financial reward or outside million reportedly saved was redirected into new Com- munity prbgrams in the area served by the hospital, and only a tiny fraction went for housing those who were support:Rates depend oil the incomesof residents; and, majority of ex-psyehiatrie patients are either on mun- icipal,' welfare, Provillatil family benefits, or old age pensions. At monthly rates often ranging ,front 090 to $230 for room andboard, it is harcl.to make a profit without eomprornising on accom- modation, food or needed supervisory care. ENFORCE STANDARDS The obvious first step to solving the boarding ,home problem is to set and enforce andards. Existing licensing aliAngements for boarding homes vary throughout the province, and do little to protect residents. Where lic- ences are required, the em- phasis tends to--be--on-mini- mum physical standards (i.e. cubic feet of space per person, number of persons, fire safety). No one appears to be willing to take respon- sibility for setting standards of care and ensuring that Please turn to page 24. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT,QUANTITIES. MON. TUES. WED.9-6 P.M. THURS. & FRI. 9-9 P.M. iSATURDAY 9-6 P.M. Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge or Traditional White FROSTING MIXES 14.5 oz. pkg. 1.19 Belly Crocker Supermoist Complete Flavour Range CAKE MIXES 510 gr. pkg. .87 OTH F Seafort WE LIKE TO SERVE VOL L.SWerv. Picnic White or Pink LEMONADE ' 121/2 oz. tin _ Weston 4 Flavours WAGON WHEELS 350 gr. Box .39 Leaver Choice Sliced MUSHROOM .79 Bye the Sea Solid Light TUNA 7 oz. tin 129 10 oz. tin PRODUC Prices effective until Saturday. August 30, 1980 ilesh irocn the 109'0 ?coo. Hond. Con. lAo. 1 Nt4 Ph\ Can'. 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