The Rural Voice, 2001-12, Page 47News
industry because it could import all it
needed from New Zealand, but then
New Zealand had a drought and
didn't have any products to export.
"So we have to make sure we
protect the agriculture industry. We
built a food industry under the most
difficult conditions in the world.
Seventy-five per cent of our food is
produced farther north than any other
country."
He once explained to former
Soviet President Mickael Gorbachev
"It's our responsibility to make sure
if things go wrong that they
(Canadian farmers) are looked after,
because they're producing the most
important thing in life: food. Because
you can do nothing without food."
• On globalization: "You know what
I call it? Gobble-ization." In the next
few years 80 per cent of the food in
Canada will be controlled by four
retail companies by comparison to 34
per cent in the U.S.
It's unfair when different
countries have different sets of rules,
and governments have different
powers. If the U.S. secretary of
agriculture wants to introduce a new
policy he doesn't have to deal with
50 states, but the Canadian minister
has to consult 10 provinces.
• On today's ag. bureaucrats: "You
don't have people who know
anything about agriculture. You've
got a whizkid in Ottawa who came
from the Privy Council."
When he was minister, he said, he
was surrounded by good people who
were trained in agriculture and they
made him look good by designing
programs that helped farmers but
didn't cost the government much or
build up the bureaucracy.
• On subsidies" "What is a subsidy.
Is education not a subsidy? Is
research not a subsidy? Is
transportation not a subsidy? Over
half the grain in the U.S. is moved by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on
the Mississippi and its tributaries and
the Columbia River. And they talk
about us subsidizing our farmers.
"We're the only member of the
G7 that doesn't look after its farmers
like the rest of them.
"And yet our farm leaders go
along with that damned nonsense.
WEST WAWANOSH
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
COMPANY
1879 (69 2001
'Neighbour eighbour helping Neighboue
529-7921
Ill of us associated with
West 'Wawanosh Mutual"
share with you the joy of
Christmas and extend our
:wishes for a safe, successful- .
and happy New Year.
Frank Foran, Lucknow
Chapman Graham & Associates,
Owen Sound
Chatsworth Insurance, Chatsworth •
Donald Simpson, Ripley
John Nixon, Brussels
Davis & McLay Insurance, Lions Head
Delmar Sproul Insurance Inc.. Auburn
Clinton
Godench
Lyons & Mulhern lnsurance Brokers.
Goderich
McMaster Siemon Insurance Brokers.
Mitchell
Georgian Bay lnsurance Brokers,
Owen Sound
Meaford
Miller Insurance Brokers, Kincardine
Southampton
Owen Sound
Moller Insurance • Owen Sound
Sheila Ward - Wianon
P.A. Roy Insurance Brokers, Clinton
Wingham
Banter, MacEwan, Feagan, Godench
Orr Insurance, Stratford
Westlake- McHugh Insurance.
Zurich
John Moore Insurance Brokers, Dublin
Hemsworth Insurance Ltd., Listowel
Kleinknecht Insurance Brokers. Linwood
Gray Insurance, Seaforth
Zettel Insurance, Stratford
Craig. McDonald. Reddon Ins. Brokers,
Walkerton
Mildmay
Hanover
Durham
Elliott Nixon Insurance Brokers. Blyth
Seaforth Insurance Brokers. Seaforth
Sholdice Insurance Limited,
Brussels
528-3824
376-1774
794-2870
395-5362
887-9417
793-3322
529-7273
482-3434
524-9899
524-2664
348-9150
376-2666
538-2102
396-3465
797-3355
376-0590
371-8050
534-4962
482-9357
357-2851
524-8376
271.4340
236-4391
345-3512
291-3920
698-2215
522-0399
273-3251
881-2701
367-2297
364-3540
369-2935
523-4481
527-1610
887-6100
"INSURANCE FOR FARM, RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL AND AUTO" 4
A Member 01 The ,"
Ontano Mutual Insurance Association
WINGHAM
FORESTRY SERVICE
R.R. #1, Wingham
Ontario NOG 2W0
TREE MARKING FOR TIMBER
SALES OR FUEL WOOD
CALL (519) 335-6768
MURRAY HALL -
FORESTRY TECHNICIAN
,OvNG FAR,s
Wheat, Barley,
Corn & Beans
Elevator
519-366-2749 519-366-2666
syngenta
Seed Dealer
Les Young Jr. David Young
519-366-2749 519-366-2709
NEW & USED
UNIVERSAL
TRACTORS
Parts & Service
• Lucknow Snowblowers
There's no better time
of the year to say
thanks and wish you all
a joyous Christmas.
BOYD FARM
SUPPLY
Agricultural Equipment
R.R. #6, Owen Sound
519-376-5880
DECEMBER 2001 43