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The Rural Voice, 1992-10, Page 12-2,. 'CARS Quality Swine Co-op Farmer Owned & Farmer Operated by over 2,650 Members Feeder Pigs A large volume of uniform, top quality, healthy feeder pigs with a 24-hour livability guarantee. Sales of Breeding Stock Performance tested Boars and Gilts from health monitored herds. Services OMAF accredited lab for DM, CP, Ca, P testing. Mycotoxin testing also available. Consultants Health, nutrition, ventilation and facility management. Supplies Swine related health and management products. For full information on the Quality Swine Program and the proven Tele -Auction Marketing System contact: Don Ruttan - Brussels 519-887-9193 Geo. McGuire - Monkton 519-347-2442 QUALITY SWINE CO-OP Box 53 SHEDDEN, ONTARIO 519-764-2300 1-800-265-4369 Fax: 519-764-2604 8 THE RURAL VOICE Adrian Vos Canadian unity st Up till now my column has primarily dealt with farm politics. This time I will digress from that worthwhile topic and devote this page to Canada. If you are like me you will be bored to death with the discussions on a new constitution for our country, but we just have to bite the bullet a month longer, I hope. The length of time depends on how we vote in the referendum on the constitution- al proposals. If we vote "yes" it will be over except for those who think the ideas will ruin Canada. If we vote "no" the whole rigmarole will start again, probably with added demands from special interest groups which would weaken the proposals even more. What we have to consider is that 13 groups now have reached some agreement they are not all happy with, but with which they can live. That is a tremendous accomplish- ment. Think about it. Half the country didn't want the senate changed and most of the country didn't want to give our Quebec brothers a distinct society, and British Columbia wanted more seats in the senate than proposed, and more. If any one of the provinces had rejected any one of these de- mands there would be no agreement and the country would remain in turmoil. Many of the letters to the editor in the daily press have bitterly attacked the Quebec people for being different. Or is it us that are different? Is Quebec the problem or is it us? It is only a few years ago that a Chinese man was attacked on the streets of Toronto for not being able to speak English. Has that attitude cnanged? Is the English language sacred? Yes, Quebec passed a stupid law Tuggle nears climax against the use of English language signs. Why should that make us angry if Bourassa and his crowd make themselves the butt of jokes across the globe? In a country so big and so diverse there will never be a perfect consti- tution. The demands of special interest groups, like the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, native women, homosex- uals and others (no farmers, thank you) are ridiculous to the extreme. The constitution is a law to which all other laws are subject. The Charter of Rights adequately protects special interest groups. When I came to Canada almost 40 years ago I came partially to es- cape too many laws and regulations. And these were not even in the Netherlands' constitution. Regula- tions alone can make a prison of a society. To come back to the purpose of this column, I urge all readers to vote "yes" to the question on the referendum. To do otherwise will give Quebec separatists just what they want, a lever to convince Quebecers they are unwanted in Canada. That this is not true and that French speaking Canadians give our country its flavour, makes no difference to the likes of Pari- zeau. You may not like our prime minister, but this time he is right. To vote "no" would put the unity of Canada at a grave peril and if Quebec should be unwise enough to leave we will all suffer. I don't think that many of you are eager to join the United States, but that may be a strong possibility if we vote "no", because we will have the choice to become poor or to submit to U.S. economic power. I, for one, don't want my grand- children to join in all the military actions a U.S. president thinks up to gather votes. I don't want to become another "ugly American" if I travel out of the country.0 Adrian Vos, from Huron County has contributed to The Rural Voice since its inception in 1975. He is a writer and raises exotic birds on the farm where he raised pigs for many years.