The Rural Voice, 2005-09, Page 7Feedback
China - is it Rural
Voice or Peoples'
Voice?
I have to ask for clarity on The
Rural Voice's position with respect to
China.
As a country that in some of your
articles is vilified for unfair trade
practices (re: Stuck in a Niche - cheap
Garlic from China) against the article
of Duncan McCallum in praise of
modern China, I have to say 1 am_
confused. For myself. both of these
articles offend me on a personal level
— China is the world's number one
rights abuser on every level — against
it citizens, the environment and most
of all — democracy and freedom. It
appears you have forsaken your
editorial rights and responsibilities in
favour of Duncan's review provided
by the PRC. It is clear that Duncan is
misguided, lacks the skills to do any
sort of pre -cursory market analysis
and is a communist sympathizer.
I. enjoy reading your magazine. If
you are challenged for editorial
resources and need to fall on the
PRC to help you write copy I would
be more than willing to up my
subscription fee to read truth rather
than propaganda. If you choose to
continue on your current path 1 offer
two suggestions: l) considering
changing the name of your magazine
to The People's Voice and 2) running
an article on successful Al Qaeda
farming practices.
— Mark Cowan,
Toronto
Ed. Note: The Rural Voice does not
have an editorial "position" on any
subject. We believe in allowing
multiple viewpoints.0
Poor pay more to
reward supply
managed farmers
1 read the article about the
McIntosh family (40 Years of
Stability) in the last issue, and while I
don't begrudge them, or anyone else.
the success supply management . has
brought them, the article leaves an
important public policy issue
unexplored.
Firstly, one of the purposes of
supply management was to increase
the farm gate price of milk, eggs, and
chicken, all food products for which
there are few, if any, substitutes, and
it has done so, quite admirably.
However, because these are all food
products, and because poor people
pay a higher percentage of their
disposable income on food than rich
people pay, any increase in the farm
gate price of these •supply -managed
food products. is going to he felt
more by the poor. than by the rich.
Secondly, according to
government data, supply managed
farmers are now the richest group of
farmers in production agriculture.
Therefore. while supply
management continues to be a huge
success for those farmers who are
lucky enough to have been in it for
some time, public policy makers are
increasingly being forced to confront
the following dilemma — Why should
the poorest group of consumers he
disproportionately supporting the
richest group of farmers?0
— Stephen Thome', �r
RR 2, Clinton, ll.ti
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