The Huron Expositor, 1976-06-24, Page 15(By Murray Gaunt)
The Government will decide in
the next few weeks how to handle
a legislative directive to
reintroduce a broad new farm
income stabilization bill by the
end of October. This directive
came from a combined vote by
New Democrats and Liberals
. which defeated a Government bill
to provide a measure of income
protection to a limited number of
farmers. To ignore the directive
would be considered contempt of
the Legislature and almost
certainly prompt another
confidence test and election
crisis.
Jack Riddell, Libertal MPP
(Huron-Middlesex). the Party's
Agriculture Critic, referring to
defeat of Bill 964 said "It is our
firm intention to force the
Government to bring in a Bill
which will really assist the
farming community. Had the
Government made an honest
attempt to bring in-a forin of Farm
Income Stabiliiation which would
have been effective in giving •our
farmers a degree of income
protection, we - would not have
, hesitated to give it our approval.
.Hopefully, amended legislation
will be introduced in the fall
which will meet the needs of-the
• farmers, and win the support of
all three parties in the
Legislature."
The Labour and Health
Ministers undertook to meet
representatives of the boards of
health to seek an end to the
boards' dispute with public health
nurses. Several hundred nurses
demonstrated outside the
Legislature this week and the
Labour Minister was booed and
jeered when she said sh6 couldn't
make any promises. although she
would try to persuade boards to
submit to voluntary arbitration.
About 1,100 nurses, members of
the Ontario Nurses Association,
have been on strike or locked out
at some 26 health units in a
week-long protest. Nurses'
association representatives met
the "Labour and Health Ministers
privately, but came away bitter
and disappointed. Annual
salaries for public health nurses
range from about $9,000 to
$12,000 compared with hospital
nurses who make bkvveen
$13,380 and $15,780. Liberal
Leader Stuart Smith told the
Legislature the government
should introduce legislation
which would force the health
,boards to bargain on a province-
widetasis and accept compulsory
arbitration."
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loss of $866,000 bin its 1975
operations, compared with a
profit of $126 million in 1974,
Cancellation of the Bruce heavy
water Plant C resulted in an
additional loss of $60 million, the
annual report said.
Revenue for the --year was
insufficient to cover any part' of
the statutory debt retirement of
$78 million incurred by the public
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appxovai in principle 14 Os
Legislature. This bill would
poor workelanahiP..,, Pus's
materials
provide for protection 'ajoin#
materials for one ypat and mai%
structural defects for five yoars.
The Minister. of. Censunaer and
Commercial Relations told the
Legislature that 4 4)on,profit.
corporation of , builders,
consumers, mortgage lenders and
government will administer a
fund which would be used to pay
for any repairs . Builders will'
contribute to the fund at a fixed
rate for each house placed on the
market. Although all three parties
supported the Bill, some
amendments will be sought when
it is debated in Committee.
programme when they make ,a
return visit to Butler County from
August 2nd to August 9th.
During their stay in Huron the
4-H Youth Council has set up
several activities for the
Pennsylvania delegAes. A
"Welcome to Huron County"
party was held at' the Auburn
community Hall on Monday. On
Wednesday, the delegates met
with th.e Huron County Warden,
Jack. McCutcheon in the
afternoon at the County Council
Chambers in Goderich. This was
followed by, a tour of the Huron
• County Pioneer Museum in
Goderich with Ray Scotchmer.
On Sunday, June 27th, the 4-H
Youth Council has planned a
Party & Picnic for the
Pennsylvania delegates at Balls
Grove near Auburn. Starting at
2:00 p.m. the delegates and their,
hosts will participate, in games
and swimming, followed by a Pot
Luck Supper and a camp fire sing
This is the largest delegation of
4-H' exchange members to visit
Huron over the years and with the -
interest and enthusiasm that it
has created, more 4-H Exchanges
to other states in the U.S.A. and
other. provinces 'within Canada
are being planned for 1977.
Acting as area hosts and
hostesses are Diana Brand,
R.R.#3, Clinton; V'anda Storey,
R.R.#1, Dublin; Laurie
Stackhouse, LondesbOro; Janet
Postma, R.R.#1, Varna; Sharon •
Thompson, R.R.#2, Seaforth;
Cathy Boneschansker, R.R.#1,
Ethel; Jean Siertsema, ' R.R.#3,
Blyth; Susan Tyndall, R.R.#4,
Clinton; Jackie • Brand, R.R.#3,
Clinton; Bob Wilson, R.R.#I,
Brucefield; Bill Armstrong,
R.R.#4, Wingham; Mark •
Harding, R.R.#1, Gorrie; Chris
• Procter. R.R.#5, Brussels; Albert
Versteeg, R.R.#2, Gorrie.
Huron County chaperopes are
Steven and George Thompson,
R.R.#2, Clinton, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Stewart , R.R.#1, Kirkton
and Mr. and M. Len McGregor,
R.R.#2, Clinton.
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to assist farmers
Was the dairy demonstration disgraceful?
The labor movement is being asked to restrain demands so
that increases fall within the anti-inflation board's guide-
lines: an increase of about 10 per cent. And .this increase
may.rairtle this year after a couple of years'of unprecedented
high settlements such as 25.30 and even 40 percent.
In other words, labor is being asked to settle for around
10 per cent in wage demands. And labor doesn't like the
idea.
But I wonder how peaceful the labor demonstrations would
be if they were being asked to take a 20 per cent decrease
this year. a pay cut of 20 cents on the dollar? Would their
squawks be louder, more militant?
You bet your horse's posterior they would.
They would be so angry and so militant that the empty
threat posed recentl3 at the labor congress meeting in Que-
bec of a nation-wide strike could become a reality. Joe Mor-
ris's threat, I believe. to call .a nation-wide strike is mere
`bravado. I don't thinialany one in the labor movement took
it seriously.
But labor is a big force in this country whereas farmers
are a ritirfority of about six per cent. Farmers, then, are
expendable to politicians.
I can sympathize with dairy farmers across this country.
Losses in Quebec for the province's 23,000 dairy farmers
have been estimated at $40 million, And all this as a result
of the federal government's dairy policy and the eternal
optimism of farmers who produce like Mad when prices
are high.,
The person I felt extremely sorry for during the demon-
stration was poor old Eugene Whelan, the farmers' friend.
That wirephoto of him'trying to talk into a microphone with
Powdered milk streaming down his face indicates that the
life of a politician can be most painful.
A few months ago, he was being touted as Canada's best
agricultural minister since confederation. Today. the Cabi-
net appears to be ignoring him. I'm sure the dairy cuts were-
n't his idea but he'll get the blame because his colleagues
wouldn't listen to him.
Hang in there. Gene. Agriculture in Canada still needs'
you,baby!
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Disgraceful, you say?
Stupid and undemocratic? •
Many things have been said about the action taken by
those Quebec dairymen when they virtually attacked Par-
liament Hill recently.
Leaders of the Quebec Agricultural Producers Union have
promised to try and restrain their members at any future
meetings with federal officials. And Pierre, Himself, has
said that the more you give dairy farmers, the more they
want•-•When the PM makes such. a strong statement. the
rest of the country sits up and takes notice,.
But Pierre has never been a dairy farmer. I wonder, in
his wanderings around the glebe before and after he became
prime minister, if he ever had manure on his boots? Per-
taps, although it probably happened when he inadvertently
stepped in some camel dung in North Africa.
The government, he said, paid the dairy farmer's $250
million last year.
"You'd think at least they'd say thanks, but no, they just
want more 2' he said in a radio interview' after the milk-
throwing incident.
This is not ,to condone the actions taken by the Quebec
dairy farmers. When a group lif.people spread anarchy they
should be tleall with in theamez manner 'and that's just
about, what the Mounties did.fn fact, the redcoats displayed
remarkable restraint in cooling out the farmers,
I do not like what they did and maybe many of them are
a trifle ashamed of their actions now. Even their president,
Pierre St. Martin, indicated the uprising was sparked by
the militant. vocal minority.
C~ 11it takes is a few hotheads in a situation such as that
totigni te'a near riot.
inevitably, of course, the display by the farmers is being
compared to the "peaceful" demonstration staged by the
labor movement a few weeks ago.. They didn't destroy pro-
perty, the laborites say. They didn't leave a horrid mess
behind them, They didn't throw their products at the mina,
isters of the Crown..
No. They didn't. 13ut that. is where the comparison ends.
Huron County 4-H club
members are hosting thirty-four
(34).4-H club members and their
chaperones from Butler County,
Pennsylvania on a 441 Exchange
programme during the week of
June 21st to June 28th, 1976:
Varna girl wins
schalatship entrance
CoriNpondent
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Linda Webster, 18-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Webster, Varna, is the recipient
of a Colonel Ibbotson Leonard
Huron College. Entrance Scholar-
ship' to Huron College, London.
This renewable scholarihip of
$1200: is awarded annually by the
Corporation of Huron College to
the three students who have
attained the highest first:class
standing in Year 5 (Grade 13)
level subjects, and has a possible
total value ,of $4800. Miss
Webster will enter the Faculty of
6 Arts and ,Seiences at Huron
Qpibfese, an .',4filliate of the
University of Western Ontario in
September. •
Her sister Cheryl received this
scholarShip last year. It was
renewed, and she was awarded a
further $200 at the end of this
term.
• A thousand people 'attended
the annual Pork Barbecue of the
Varna United Church on
Wednesday, June 1-6. At least one
• persoil from nearly every family
in this small congregation helped
in some way to make it a success:
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there were no long line-ups,• as
people came in a steady stream.
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The Pennsylvania delegates
arrived by bus on Monday at the
Clinton Arena, where they were
met by .,their Huron hosts. The
visit will conclude June-28. The
Huron delegates • will be
completing the 4-H Exchange
LINDA WEBSTER
Mr. and Mrs. Pap] Stephenson,
Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Hayter and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Heard were
guestS at the wedding. of Paul ...•
Chessell and Sheila Smith in St.
Peter's. Lutheran Cliiirgh, Brod-
hagen, on Saturday evnifing, and
at the reception in ,the Brodhagen
Community Centre.,
Charlene Retd, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs.-Charles Reid 'graduated
on Friday from the Medical
Secretarial course of Fanshawe
College. Her parents attended the
ceremony and took her out to
dinner to celebrate her gradua,-
lion and birthday.
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