The Brussels Post, 1977-12-07, Page 5Buy Canadian! urged delegates products and those that are
at the Ontario Federation of imported", said Gordon Hill of
Agriculture Convehtion held in - Varna.
Hamilton Nov. 27 30. Delegates Delegates pointed out that the
were strongly in favour of having label' "Canada N0,1' does not
mean items carrying this label
were produced in Canada.
Ontario Agriculture Minister,
Bill Newman, told the convention
of a program called "Foodlands
Ontario" initiated by the. Ontario
government to promote agricul-
tural products from this province,
Frank. Drea, Minister of
quality product and helping Correctional Institutions has
support industry and employment already announced that Ontario
in Canada. Consumers should institutions will be serving only
realize that buying food items fruit juices produced in this
imported from other countieis
may not only put a Canadian
farmer • out of business, but
truckers, food processors and
many city workers out of jobs
too".
"Consumers should be given
the opportunity of choosing
between Canadian produced food
Whelan applauded at
OFA annual convention
Canadian agricultnral products
marked as "produced in
Canada"..
"Consumers should support
Canadian agricultural products,
said Doug Fortune, chairman of
the Huron County Federation
Consumer Liaison Committee.
"By doing so they are getting a•
province.
Guest speaker, Tony Dechant,
president of the largest farm
organization in the United States,
the "National Farmers Union"
noted that • United States con-
sumer groups are strong
supporters of agricultural
producers."
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AREA DELEGATES ,A number of area farmers were delegates at the annual
OFA convention in Toronto last week. Among those attending were, from L., 'Jan
''Van Beers, Hullett, Maurice Bean, Hullett, Mery Smith, McKillop and Bill Pullen,
Morris Township.
Over 400 delegates at the
Annual Convention of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
applauded Eugene Whelan,
Federal Minister of Agriculture,
when he said: "I want to ensure
that, Canadians are getting the
best value for their food dollar,
but not at the expense of the
farmer." Right now in Canada it
is estimated that 13.8% of every
take-home dollar is being spent
on meals taken in the hotne. This
compares with 26.5% in Italy,
21.5% in the U.K. and 15% in the
U.S.
Mr. Whelan said food did cost
less 25 years ago, but it wasn't ,
cheaper. Back in 1951 an average
hour's pay bou ght 1.2 lbs. of
sirloin steak. In 1976 that same
hour's pay bought 3.5 lb s. of
sirloin.
Mr. Whelan was angry about a
recent Statistics Canada
announcement that food and
housing were the main culprits in
a one-per-cent jump in the
consumer price index. He stsid the
C.P.I. is not a cost of living index,
only a single list of 325 consumer
items that are compared monthly.
Mr. Whelan 'said it is time
Canada becomes known as the
bad guy in trade negotiations,
because the country needs to
compete as aggressively as
everybody else. He suggested
that input on such negotiations
should come from the producers
and the processors -- the peoplewho
o see the industry from a grass
roots position.
Canada must.,start pushing
other countries ,to lower tariff and
non:tariff barriers. Mr.' Whelna
said..
He-• concluded by saying "We
have the farmers. We have the
expertise. We have the land. But
we still get nowhere unless we
tailor our production and manage
our resources carefully. We must
produce to fill existing needs. We
cannot afford to produce for
production's sake alone."
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