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FARM NEWS
Free trade
or fair trade?
"Free trade" is a phrase that rarely
escapes the meeting floors these days.
Not surprisingly, the first question
asked by the audience at the Annual
Urban -Rural Night sponsored by the
"tratford Rotary Club was about free
-ade.
The question was put to Minister of
agriculture John Wise, the guest
peaker. The real issue is "fair
rade," he replied. "I don't talk free
rade because we've never had free
rade, and that's really not what the
vhole debate — the whole discussion
— is about now."
"I suppose that your first reaction
to free trade) is to draw back, and
;ay, 'Oh, my God. We shouldn't talk
about this because of this commodi-
y, that commodity, and perhaps
>ome others," he continued, "But
when you stop and think that 50 per
cent of the income for Canadian
farmers comes from — where? —
comes from the export market. And
more than $2 -billion worth of income
Canadian farmers receive comes from
exports to the United States."
To avoid generalizations, Wise
chose the specific example of hogs to
make his point. "Now, something
that is not well known in this country
is the degree of protectionism that is
growing in the U.S., and it is really
growing. There is no question about
that.... If we didn't have access to the
American market for Canadian hogs,
the Canadian hog industry would
shrink by one-third. And I don't
think we could stand it."
Wise went on to say that if Canada
did not have access to the U.S.
market, the Canadian cattle industry
would shrink by two-thirds.
"I think what we should do," he
said, "is tell them (the Americans) we
are interested in these talks. Because I
think it is incumbent upon us as a
government to secure access to the
U.S. market." Wise emphasized that
it would be a mistake to ignore the
American mood of protectionism.
Wise said he now feels more com-
fortable about holding discussions
because he expects there will be a
great deal of consultation and input