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Greenhouse..will .use waste heat
health and safety represen-
tatives for construction sites;
(4), Pre-testing of all new
substances introduced into
the workplace; (5), re-
cognition that employers an
dsupervisors' may advance
the taking of every reason-
able precaution as a defence
in appropriate situations; (6),
assessment of contractors on
ad equal basis with other
employers.
Workers are given the
right . to refuse to perform
unsafe work but the
following exceptions are
specified; policemen, fire,
men, workers hi correctional
institutions and training
schools and employees in
health or health-related jobs.
Provision is made for health
and safety committees to be
established in all workplaces
wherever a danoprovis sub-
stance subject to control
orders is present. Commit-
tees are also provided for
where there are twenty or
more employees, except in
offices, stores, apartment
buildings, libraries,
museums, theatres, private
clubs, restaurants and
hotels. :Under the bill the
Minister of Labour has the
authority to create health' nd
safety committees at any
workplace.
Sterilizations being per-
formed on anyone under the
age of 16 will be prohibited
for nine Months to give the
Ontario Governnient an op-
portunity to study the' issue,
Health Minister Dennis Tim-
brell said this week, He said
months, following debate in
committee, when the three
parties failed to agree upon
which categareis of workerS
•
The warning signals have been flashing for years.
MuCh of the proof is contained a,study that :is• sup-
posed to be secret but the 'results have been leaked.
,The hog industry in Quebec, now the largest in Ca-
nada, is controlled by four companies.
Farm writers have been saying for a long time that
multinational companies should not be allowed to gain
control 'of any aspect of farming. It has happened in
Quebec. -
The four firms, according to Jim Romahn .in the
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, are Canada Packers Ltd.,
with 35 per cent, The Co-op Federee with 35 Per cent,
Purina with 15 to 20 per cent and Nutribec with 10 per •
cent.
The information comes from a report prePared by
Dr. J.C. Montigaud for the federal government. Dr.
Montigaud is an agricultural, economist who, worked for
the Quebec government and then in the federal agricul-
tural dePailinent. He is now in Algeria.
. The information shoUld be of interest'to all farmers
in this country. And it would make interesting reading -
for all proponents of marketing boards.
Regular readers of this column are well aware that
the Writer 'favors iarmer-controlled Marketing boards.
They are not the only answer for farmers in carrying
some clout in the marketplace. To my knowledge; they
are the best answer so far. -
They have many faults. Such as control of quotas, a
big •problem for the milk board and the chicken board
to wrestle with. They have made mistakes in the past
and will make more. But they have helped most farm-
ers. .
In Ontario, the pork producers are in a position to
stop big business from taking over the production of
hogs. In :Quebec, if we can believe Dr. Montigaud's re-
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Letters are app4ciated by Bob Trotter. Eldale Rd Om N3B 2C7
A hog war in Quebec?
port, it is too late:
• The feed companies—and who can' deny most of
them are multinational in scope?—are interested in
selling feed. Packing plants, are interested in getting a
regular supply of hogs to the market. They both sup-
port the system that is evolving in Qiwbec because it's
good for them, good for business.
It could be good for the farmers, too, the hog produc-
ers.
But it could be bad.
The. big„ companies supply the money and the know-
how. The farmers take all the risks and provide low-
cost labor. In other words, as the system evolves in Que-
bec, farmers could end up as simply paid employees.
And that ain't any way to treat a farmer.
The companies control everything from the bottom
to the top. When they say jump;the farmers are forced
to reply: how high?
Efforts ,to form a marketing board in Quebec have,
apparently, taken on all the trappings of a young war.
The companies do not want a marketing board, They
have potential control over the entire industry. A mar-
keting board could drastically upset the present bal-
ance of power. The feed companies, too, will fight•
.against a marketing board because they could also lose
some control.
Many farmers are against a marketing board because
they have seen the faults and the mistakes made by
farmer-controlled agencies.
But other farmers see how they could, become noth
ing more than lackeys as they come under direct con-
trol of non-farmers.
It bears repeating: marketing boards may not be the
complete answer to help farmers stay in control of their
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The Minister of Energy
announced the next phase of
the cooperative venture be-
tween the public and . the
priVate, sector, with respect to
utilization of Waste heat from
the"na.clear power stations at
Brgce14,W4!;PiCk044g. J- .,
Two.: small, scale 'green,
house ' .production facilities
are to, be established, one.
each at Bruce and Pickering,
and Hydro will commence
immediately on the actual
engineering design stage of
the system needed for the
extraction and piping of
warm water. • '
, In discussions held by the
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with . growers, fish farm
operators, developers and
the financial community,
agreement has been reached
r??, that the ,•13_, ject would be
undertake ' • by the private
sector a cl that the . small
owner grower be ' given
every opportunity to become
involved..
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facilities. The level of in-
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sions received. and from
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..,..ha,Sie.vareas...of concern have
emerged: -.
1: Since the actual extraction
of the warm water will need
to be capitalized over a -long
period of time, there is a
need to define more clearly
the long term financial and
technblogical risks 'involved
and how to deal with them;
2. Because long term con-
tracts are required, there is a
need to explore the specific
ways to attract or secure,
substantial , private sector in-
vestment capital;
3. The potential productivity
of greenhouses at these
locations must be measured•
accurately; also high qualit
water must be assured'
through detailed analysis
based on actual growtl
cycles.
These projects, at Bruce
and Pickering, will be de-
signed first and foremOst to
test the productivity of
greenhouses in those
locations, including weather
effects such as sunlight
availabilities, snow loading,
wind and inversion factors,
soil, water and air quality
conditions and other growing
parameters. In addition,
various crops and growing
techniques, such as
hydroponics, greenhouse de-.
sign and p6ssible engine-
ering improvements will be
evaluated.
The Minister expressed
the desire to work closely
with the municipal officials
concerned to coordinate the
development of this unique
project.
Third and final reading has
now been given to the cont
roversial bill on health and
safety in the workplace. This
legislation had been delayed
by the government for some
'should be covered. fix es-
sential principles were pro-
posed 'by the Liberals: (1),
coverage of • all . non-
agricultural workers; (4,
limitation on the right to '
refuSe work by policemen,
firemen and others were life
or safety of the public is in
jeopardy; (3), mandatory
health and safety committees
for all industrial work places
and mines with more than
twenty employees, and
that any exceptions would be
for medical reasons only.
Mr, Timbrell had not been
informed by his 'staff that
sterilizations were being per-
formed on mentally retarded
persons. However, according
to a report from a former
special consultant on mental
retardation for the Ministry
of Community and Social
Services, some 308 people •
under the age of 18 ,were
sterilized in 1976..
Ontario's first boarding
school for children with
severe learning diObilities
will not open as scheduled on .
January 1st, according to .a
government official. It is
anticipated, however, that
the school, to be located in
Milton, will be operational
sometime in January, and
the Minister of Education.
Dr. Bette StephedSon, has
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