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The Citizen, 1990-09-05, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1990. Candidates state policies on Huron economy TOM CLARK F.C.P. CANDIDATE Continued from page 9 the early eighties, I am keenly aware of what farmers are present­ ly experiencing. I believe that one area that needs to be addressed is • farm financing. Farmers have talk­ ed for many years of the formation of a Farm Bank run by farmers for the benefit of farmers. Farming is a business like no other because of the large capital investment and small return on the same. I would propose this farm bank have a ceiling of six per cent interest on all bonafide farmers’ loans with capital being raised by investors whose investment would be guar­ anteed by the government and who would receive generous tax conces­ sions for investing in the Farm Bank. I believe this bank could be in operation in 1991. I believe the problem of low commodity prices will change dramatically in the next few months as the Canadian dollar falls into the 60 cent range in relation to the U.S. dollar. This will facilitate a 20-25 per cent increase in commodity prices which will allow farmers to start making money again. The low prices at present should have been support­ ed with a floor price on all commodities to give the farmer his cost of production. DETTWEILER - Libertarians be­ lieve that a government must not interfere in the marketplace. In spite of government interference in the past, the fortunes of many farmers have not improved. A good government serves all its people, not just one sector. When govern­ ments subsidize certain commodi­ ties, they force all of their people to help pay for those commodities through their taxes. THIS IS THEFT! Consumers have a right to the lowest possible costs. If the U.S. or other provincial governments wish to subsidize their products, a government in Ontario has no right to take away that benefit from consumers. Our farmers are producing too much of certain commodities and the only solution is either to produce something else or find new markets for the commodity they are producing. Because Libertarians will not permit marketing boards to control how farmers market their products, farmers will be able to grind their wheat into flour, produce bread, produce and market their own dairy products or do as they wish with the particular commodity they pro­ duce. Marketing Boards are im­ moral when they steal the right of a producer to market products as he sees fit. Farmers must compete with market forces without government intervention. FITZGERALD - Huron county far­ mers, like their colleagues across Canada are suffering from com­ plete lack of Federal government agriculture policy, that has lead to the devastating free trade agree­ ment and GATT talks, punishing interest rates, an over-valued dol­ lar, record low commodity prices, and the absence of an affordable, long-term agricultural policy. Al­ though the Ontario Liberals have tried to alleviate the situation by increasing the ag. budget by 83 per cent, we cannot compete against the treasuries of the U.S. and Europe without a national frame­ work. KLOPP - The NDP has always been very clear on this. Farmers need a long-term, low-interest policy. This could be taken out of political hands by running it through the Province of Ontario Savings Office. Farmers could use the borrowing power of Ontario to get these loans without cost to the taxpayer. Just as important - the farmer needs a price at the farm gate which reflects the costs of production in 1990 in Ontario. Our party is, and always has been, committed to this. What can you and a government attracting new businesses to our county and existing businesses that expand. Before that can happen we need to create an environment that is attractive to encourage that new business or expansion. I believe that we have part of that environ­ ment in that we have a county that is second to none in providing a way of life that makes relocation here attractive. But we must also make it economically attractive as well. The other approach that I would take is to develop special programs and incentives that would encourage businesses and industries that would support our Continued on page 12 EXERCISE YOUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT. GET OUT TO VOTE ON THURSDAY, SEPT. 6, 1990. FOR YOUR PROVINCIAL CANDIDATE Here are some Election Day Procedures Election day pollswill open at 9:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. for Ontario’s 35th provincial general election tomorrow, September 6. Approximately six million Ontario residents will be eligible to cast their ballot in the province’s 130 electoral districts. Electors are issued afolded ballot by the Deputy Returning Officer which they mark in private, behind a screen. The refolded ballot is returned to the Deputy Returning Officer for Deposit in a sealed ballot box. Candidates’ names are numbered and alphabetically listed in whiteon ablack ballot. Tothe right of each name is a white circle. The ballot must be marked in only one white circle. Any ballot marked in more than one circle will be considered a rejected ballot and will not be counted. THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOUR COURTESY OF Urban voters must ensure that their names are on the polling list, or on a certificate to vote issued by the Returning Officer, in order to vote on election day in their electoral district. In rural areas, electors omitted from the list may cast a ballot on election day, provided they take an oath and are accompanied by an elector who is on the list in that same polling division and who will vouch for them. An elector appointed to vote for someone else by proxy must ensure that the com pl eted proxy form has been certified by the Returning Officer in their electoral district no later than 8:00 p.m. on the day before election day. Persons eligible to vote in this election are those who, on election day, are 18 years of age or older, a Canadian citizen, and whose names are on the list of electors or on a certificate to vote in the electoral district where they reside. THESE COMMUNITY MINDED BUSINESSES.............. 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