The Rural Voice, 1977-12, Page 6Solving constituents problems is a seven day a week, 52-week a
year job, he says and he's got to the point where he needs some
privacy.
Despite the impression of many that he spent more time
criss-crossing the province on the party's behalf than he did in
his own riding, Hill says he really only made a few trips outside
the riding.
One thing the election taught him, he said, was that political
reform isn't going to come quickly. "As long, as farmers say
'we'll vote for you come what may', they have to be ready to live
with the decisions that the party makes," he says, and he applies
that both at the federal and provincial levels.
He has no real aspiration left, he says. "I have the feeling I've
done my share. I've been in it for over 20 years. If you can't make
your contribution in that time, maybe you haven't a lot of ability.
"I've had my say. I've talked about my problems." Now, he
says, it's time for others, younger farmers, to talk about their
problems.
"Reorganization proved there were things you can do.
Now, it's up to the farmers who are involved."
Still, despite his satisfaction with being out of the front line, he
admits there are a number of things he'd like to have seen
concluded. He'd like to have seen the resolution of the problem
of property taxation and the removal of people costs such as
education from land taxes. He'd like to see the principal of
income protection adopted. Though he believes in the need for
such things as income protection, he still believes firmI 1n the
marketplace, he says. The most potential to gain for farm rs still
lies in the marketing field. He admires the work of t� pork
producers in seeking markets in Japan and their courageous
move to set up a restaurant to market pork products. The bean
board too has tried to develop foreign markets, he says.
Gordon Hill's long service in agriculture was rewarded last
month in his own back yard. The Huron county Federation of
Agriculture named him the winner of the 1977 award for
outstanding contribution to agriculture in the county. He almost
missed the ceremony. He wasn't really feeling well and was
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