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COt tMUNI Y SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION
QST INVOLVED!
Mat balre a re pons ty l stop
male Ivioicime won t .:
by Heather Boa
Improved safety, nets
and .a.self-directed
tem to - help .farmers deal
with Change is ,making
Canada" abetter` place to
do business, says Ralph• '.
Goodale, federal agricul-
ture and agri-food midis -
ter
In March, eight
provinces, including
• Ontario, signed memo
randoms of agreement on
safety nets for fail -hers
that 43 farm organ za
tions and the federal, ter
ritorial and provincial
,governments have.
worked on since late '93
Goodale announced •on, a
visit ,to the Walkerton
area this past week, as
part of a Canadian 'air..
The three-year-,.. $600
million .safety anet pack-- P
age .increases contribu':;
tions to the Net Income.
Stabilization Account by
both levels: of govern-
ments and farnae'rs
'Farmers . contribute 'to
NISA in good years and:
draw 'froni 4:t., in poor
years. It., sets up: a new
developmentfund; pro-
',v ding $3 million annual
sly .• for. ,,agriculture
research; .and technology
,.- p o.r,'
transfer., And it also -
*ides coverage nnder the.
:market, revenue program:
at5 t: 'per cent. S p n
Goodal:e....s a,id;. the
agreement has come .°
despite the challenge of
dealing with different
issues.:across the nation,
"Canada
Sometimes;:it's very diffi
cult to. get evdy
erybo .
y ,
Working' together • and
pulling: together," he said.
Goodale said, the gov-
ernment is also providing
funding for ;a processof,
adaptation and develop-.
took four TK n far fly
members, - Paul Zinn,
•Summerfest chair-:
Ki nette se:c rr+eta r
Wayne .meponagh,
women's slo_pFitch
chairman • and Handy
Alton, arch's elo -pitch
0hoirman : tO hand`,t
over this $1.0,000 lief
to John Pollard ,of they
"Phase ,11 finance",eomW
mince. ,;`the Susi mer .
fest proceeds" bring''
the Kin family's don t
alone', to. p' total o
,7.00 err d. they ,.
project "that after .the
lied .Green, night they
Will` ply . +Off. the
',$12 000'A balance
;owing onr the new
'facility. (Livings on photo),
twain -rural Canada.
"People are facing. a
huge amtunt of change
in their :.lives," he said,
pointing to ,reduced.reV-
enues, . government
spending .reductions. and
ever-changing technolo-
gy. Partners have .beguif
to look at a Value-added
process' for economic
development.
Council is .adrnini` red.
by 47 farm and rural
organizations in local
decisions, under an
agreement signed in
March.: The money. will
be.given in equal instal-
ments over four years.
The council is expected
to identify priority pro-
jects related to market.
ing,the enhancement -of
Ralph Goodale, federal agriculture' and agri-
food minister,.. toured Huron,and Bruce, coun-
ties laistaweek. (Heather Boa photo)
"People iri rural
Canada are , living
through an absolutely
unprecedented period of
change,"" he said.
,Since ; much.. of the
change is influenced by,;
global events, Goodale.
said it's important for the
federal government to
put "tools in the hands of
farmers so they can be`
masters of change rather
than victims Of change.",
The $28 -million bud-
get in the newly -,estab-
lished " Ontario
Agriculture 'Adaptation
•
human resources, rural
development and envi-
ronmental protection.
Duringhis travels, he
said, "One thing I find a
bit frustrating is -the rela-
tively :limited view a
number of people have,
about -"agriculture.
Agriculture and agri-:
.food industry accounts
for. 15 pr cent of the
nation's ,employment
with. $17.5 billion in
exports shipped to 100
countries dust $12.5 bil-
lion is imported` into
Canada.
Chris Ereiburgerr, local
cattlemen's representa-
tive,questioned the min-
ister on a recent decision
that will allow 5,000 tons
of subsidized beef to be
imported from European ..
countries.
"I'm not fond of the
idea. pf 'mad cow disease.
showing up in Canada,"
"he said, ,
Goodale said a duty
chargewas lifted in 199E
because European coun-
tries asked to import a
limited supply of beef
rather than asking, for
unlimited importing
rights. The decision by
the Canadian
International Trade
Tribunal suspended a
19.6 decision' that has
prohibited any European
beef imports.
"(It's] likely to have
virtually no effect on
• prices,', said ..Goodale,.
who maintains the
allowed imports repre-:
sent less than 30 per cent
of one, week's production
in Canada,"
"They have`to meet
Canada's health stan-
dards," he said. Health
;, ifs
inspectors areori .the
edge of their chairs" to
ensure health standards
are not compromised.
Thursday morning, he
addressed about 70 local
farm representatives at a
breakfast at the Dunkeld
Hotel:;. before' attending
the expansion opening at
Lang Farms Ltd., owned
by Tony and Elaine Lang
of Brant Twp. The previ-
ous night, he was 'a . guest
at a barbecue in Varna
hosted by Huron -Bruce.
MP Paul Steckle and then
at the • home of Tony
Morris, president of the
Ontario Farm federation.
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