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PG. 2 THE RURAL VOICE/JANUARY 1982
LETTERS
One-sided view?
For over a year now Adrian Vos has
been writing his one-sided articles about
the pork industry in Ontario and Canada.
He has also been commenting regularly on
the opinions and intelligence of those who
hold different views. I recall he is the one
who said "squealing is the privilege of the
weak." There is hardly any farm publica-
tion that doesn't have some of his
"squealing" in it.
In the November 17th issue of Farm &
Country, Adrian states in his "Wait For
Market Facts" that Del O'Brien, Lorne
Henderson, and myself should wait until
we have all the facts before we form
opinions on what is good for the future of
the pork industry. I suggest he practice
what he preaches. The Huron County Pork
Producers Association (HCPPA) chairman
had agreed to hold an information meeting
to discuss the pros and cons of supply
management and have a vote of producers
to see if they wanted to pursue supply
management or not. The general meeting
was scheduled for the end of Julv. Then at
an executive meeting Adrian Vos per-
suaded them to reverse the decision to
hold a vote. What was Adrian afraid of?
Did he want to wait for the Bowman
marketing research report'! It so , tnen
why did the HCPPA executive send a
letter to the Bruce County Association
stating that only 10 per cent of Huron's
pork producers were interested in supply
management? On what farts was this
figure based? There are none.
Next, recommendations were sent to
Dr. Gordon Bowman's market research
committee that clearly stated that HCPPA
were against any type of supply manage-
ment in the pork industry. On what facts
were these recommendations based? Both
these things were done before pork
producers have had a look at the Bowman
report. Do Huron pork producers want a
small number of men making these
decisions for them without first having a
vote?
It seems strange that others were
supposed to "Wait For Market Facts"
while Adrian wages his personal brain
washing campaign on Ontario pork
producers. I know Adrian is aspiring to be
a full-time writer. Maybe he could write
about other things. Perhaps he should
stick to a comic strip featuring Arnold the
Pig or Miss Piggy.
Andre J. Durand,
R.R.#2, Zurich