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Unity needed to push
for stabilization
Farmers need to have a united
position to push politicians from the
10 provinces and the federal
government to get on with a national
whole -farm stabilization program,
Elmer Buchanan, Ontario's Minister
of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs told the annual meeting and
banquet of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture in Brussels,
November 4.
Buchanan said that agriculture
ministers will meet again in
December and he's hoping farmers
will be united by that point in their
support of a whole -farm plan based
on the NISA model. The federal
government has $850 million set
aside for a stabilization plan and if
something isn't done to use that
money it is likely to disappear in
budget cuts, he said.
Replying to a question from the
audience, Buchanan said he was
disappointed at the outcome of a
meeting in Winnipeg in July of ag
ministers. "I went to Winnipeg set to
argue with the federal government
about who would pay for it (the
program)." However, different
provinces brought different proposals
about how the plan should operate.
"It was like having people speak five
different languages: nothing got
done."
Looking at some of the proposals
he said he would never agree to a
plan like New Brunswick's under
which the government would only
put in money when it was needed.
Such a plan is too much like the
chaotic situation in the past where
government stepped in in
emergencies instead of having a
stable plan. "I want to see one farm
stabilization plan, a safety net so you
can go on with farming."
Steve Thompson of Blyth was
acclaimed to the position of president
of the Federation, succeeding Bill
Wallace of Seaforth. Henry Boot was
named first vice-president and
Patricia Down of Hensall was
acclaimed second vice-president.
Named as directors at large were
Tom Hayter, Barry Elliott, Jody