The Rural Voice, 1981-08, Page 41(FARIVIATIC)
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Jackson prompts a barrage of questions
The Bruce County Federation of Agriculture held their
semi-annual banquet and meeting at the Elmwood Community
Centre on June 4th.
Special guest speaker was Ruth Jackson, of the Canadian
Association of Consumers. She outlined in her address, the
inception of the CAC and the services they provide for the
consumer. She touched on the reasons marketing boards are
looked upon with disfavour by the CAC. This naturally prompted
a barrage of questions and comments by the audience. The
Bruce County Federation of Agriculture is certain that Mrs.
Jackson took back with her a totally revised outlook on the CAC's
position. Mrs. Jackson admitted at the start, that she was
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pork production and Quebec exports thirty to forty per cent of its
production." Boynton said. "It is doubtful it you could maintain
that level of exports."
According to Boynton, federal agricultural officials worry
about how the pork industry in Canada would be affected if
something happened to dry up the export market (e.g. change in
exchange rates ) "How could the domestic market absorb all that
extra pork without a drastic reduction in pork prices?" Boynton
asked the audience.
Adrian Vos urged all pork producers to wait and hear the facts
before initiating a vote for a supply management systern for
pork.
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reluctant to accept the offer of speaking as she had not been
actively involved with a farm group for some time. If she is to
represent the consumer objectively, this should certainly be a
necessary criterion. The highlight of the evening was when a
member of the audience asked if the CAC had ever considered
investigating the atrocious charging of the dentists and she
declined, admitting that her husband (who sat beside her) is a
dentist and she could offer no comment. It took a few minutes for
the laughter to subside.
Brian Ireland was presented the Tommy Cooper award without
the award or CFOS present. There was a slip up in the CFOS
department, but the farmers present congratulated Brian on
winning this award.
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and that the government of Ontario still is not prepared to police
the retailers.
Besides the U.C.O., the Blyth Farmers' Co-op, and the North
Grey Cheese Co-op were independent members of OFA.
The International Plowing Match was to be held at Port Albert
Airfield in October.
As the biblical preacher said: "What has been will be, and
what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing
new under the sun."
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