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• • 1 But who s going to go to the •
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States and bring back our' cows •
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• asked Mrs. Burt. -• f • •
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and then the Canadian Da
Commission,
Then, if they were Still unsa
fied, they could appeal to
Ombndainan's office as a "I
resort." . .
Mr. Morin described the 0
bildsrnan's office as. a "watclid
holding government accounta
to the average citizen:" He s
the 'ultimate sanction of the 0
budsman's office was to take
complaint to the legislature
self. '
During his 45 -minute lecture
the office of the Ombtidsman, t
crowd listened politely. But wh
Ken McKiMiott, vice-c,hairnaan
the Ontario Milk Marketi
Board stood up to speak, he ca
tattler heavy fire for the hoed
• policies, •
Atone point he was asked
'disclose his salary. When •
replied it was a .per diem rate
• $§0'a day and he wasn't involv
in the Milk Marketing Board f
• The rtioney, he was applauded b
the audience: '
He told farmers the feder
government was not considerin
changing its 15 per cent quo
cutback. Changes regardin
monthly allocations did not coin
from the milk Marketing boar
he. saiti: "They came as
• directive from the federa
government."
According to Mr. McKinnon
the milk marketing board i
attempting to find a way o
getting quota into the hands o
those Producers who need i
most. He warned farmers not t
"over
) mer i got nothing out of the- iiidus-
iry trial milk incentive loans. It all
". went to the builders and equip-
ment companies." .
the The politicians didn't take a cut
ast in salary, added another.
"Neither did members nf the
m_ milk marketing board. Tonight
eg. you can go home in new cars.
ble What about
aid Starting this summer, there's
•going to be One heck •of an, in -
'crease in the number -of people on
'it- welfare.. one womatt interieeted..
"The provincial government
on tells us to -go . to the federal
he government. We don't haVe time
en -for the Onibudsman'S hearings"
of because we won't be around for
ng the -answer." -
me Farmers have been quiet. too
,s damn long, added someone. else
from the audience. "The govern -
to , tent has been cheating.us.''
hp At this point, Norman Founder,
of chairman threatened to close the
ed:' meeting unless order was
or restored. -
y " At the end of the evening 'far;
niers agreed to ask Mrs. Burt to.
al make an appointment with the
g Ontario Milk Marketing Board
ta for a formal hearing.
g Mrs. •Burt urged farmers to
e • submit proposals,to her through
d farm orgaoizatiOns- such as the
a Ontario Federation of Agri.,
culture, the National Farmers
Union and the Christian Farmers
Federation. It is expected 10
s people will be appointed to re-
f present farmers at the formal
f hearing.
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react!! to the current dair
t
Mr. McKinnon replied that as '
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far as he's concerned,- farmer
haven't gotten rid of enough cow
yet. "But the question is, ho
•w
many should go and when do we
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stop it? A lot of mistakes have
already been made."• -"
Other inquiries fielded by Mr.
McKinnon included questions re-
garding the hoarding of surplus
quota:lack of government -quota
`• for cheese manufacturer,s and
••; surpluses of skiin milk' powder
• • In reply to the questions about
• • surpluses of skim milk powder;
Mr. McKinnon said the Canadian
Dairy. Commission disposed of it
by taking bids. "This is not Sales-
nianship," he said. "But there's
no incentive for the commission
to go out and sell." • .
He told farmers an alternative
to the current 15 per cent cut-
backs would be• to cot the dairy
industry down to the market for
skim milk .powder. •• •
-0 - •• This would mean at least a 25
- per cent cutback for two or three
years. Later, Mr. McKinnon told
• the assembly the milk marketing
board would like to phase indus-
•,•••• trial „ milk producers .out of
existance within five years, in-
tegrating. both industrial • and
fluid producers in one pool.
The problems of many young
• •dairy farmers. facing- financial
• ruin within the next two months,
were dramatized by one young
• farmer who described the Pro-
• vincial industrial incentive pro-
gram as a "fraud."
•
He said he had applied for an
input loan of $30,000 to produce
industrial milk but was told he'd
need at least $50,000.
"I produce about 360,000
• poundsof milk per year. And I
• only have quota for 220,000 and
,caiet find anyone with any to sell..
My gross income has been cut
4 from $50,000 to $25,000 and I haste
to-. make payments of $14,000
interest. How can I feed a family
, of four, pay for machinery, hydro
and feed on what's left?"
At this point the frustration of.
'10 many farmers became evident.
"We've been left holding the
44 bag," said one of them. "Far-
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The Goderich Chess Club held its annual awards banquet
last Wednesday and honored the various champions. The
winners included, John Kloeze, Level 4; Sam Hassan, Level
There is' still hope, that
Clinton Hospital ordered to
close by the ,Minister • of
Health might be given a
chance to remain in operation
shatard. level Appeal Court Tribunal.
pending a decision by an
•
Hospitals in Clinton,
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• hazard,. level. .set ;by •the
r •
• Studies of fish conducted
• last summer' in Lake Huron
• and Georgian Bay showed
• Some speci exhibited
mercurylevels approaching
•governrrient.
• Nicholas Hevog, a
research scientist with the
water resources branch of -the
• provincial environment
ministry, told a conference in
Guelph On Thursday..species
• of rainbow trout and walleye
and northern pike were found
to contain .3 parts per million
(ppm) of the metal. • • •
• The 'government level for
safe eating o1 .5 ppm was set
in -1970 afterextensive levels
of mercury were found in fish
in Lake St. Clair and the
western basin of Lake Erie.
The study also extended. to
Lake Superior where some
• large species of lake trout had
levels exceeding tile limit,
primarily near Thunder Bay
and the Marathon area of
Peninsula Bay where chlor-
alkali pulp millS are located. ,
Mr.• Herzog, • speaking
duririg the annual conference
of • the . International
Association oh Great :Lakes
Research, said the high levels
were, found in larger -sized
fish not normally used by the .
commercial fishermen on the
lake.
..,Tohn Kinkead, another
researcher involved with the
project, said in an interview
later as far as he is awaren�
ban ha o been imposed by the
province on fish in the lake
with mercury levels ex-
ceeding the limit..
He
He said mercury levels in
fish on the upper lakes have
been diminishing in the. Past
two years and are expected to
drop even .further this year
when the study is resumed.
• Durham and Chesley as well
as Doctors Etospital in
,Toro.nto, are • appealing the'
"orZer to close; charging that
the :Province is exceeding its
legalaythority:
Lawyers for Clinton and
• Chesley hospitals accused the
• Health Ministry of not
• allowing—their clients:- a fair
• hearing.
"We're 'not satisfied with
the :reasons for closure given
• us", said the Lawyer Peter
• Failis. "Closure- is a very
serious Matter, especially in
a small community where the
hospital is often' one of the.
biggest employers."
The appeal Stsipected to
end after the lawyei for the
Attorney-Generar's office
submits his rebuttal.
Following this the three
k's JotfIogs
judges hearing the appeal
• will makea decision as to
• whether the OntarAlo
Government had the legal
authority to close • the
• hospitals.
• The Acting Minister of
Health has warned that
Ontario • could face a
moderate polio epidemic in
five or ten 3trears unleSs
• children • and„ young adults
continue to • have regular
.booster -shots against • the-
• disease 'I. •
• She said. that inoculation
cannot be made mandatory,
--but a regular anti -polio
prograrn sbould airi-
tained by everyone until the
age of forty. 'Fit* inoculation
shots are important, but it is
equally vital to Maintain a
• program of immunization. •
• The Ministry of .Health has
estimated t1iatas trianYas 25'
per centof children entering.
Grade 1 in this Province this
year will not have received. -
proper imrnunizationeagainst
diseases such as Nilo, dip-.
theria and rubella (German
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• Liberal Leader • Stuart
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government, .which he, said
has' not had ``a coh,erent
energy policy for quite sortie
time" and the provincial
- government for having even
less policy. He accepted the •
principle that domestic • oil
prices should' rise toward
' world prices through "a
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gradual movement Once the
crunch is over in our •
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We will be running out'of oil
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shall have' to go to world
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prices at that time. The
N.D.P. said Ontario's blended •
price 'proposal is out of date
because it involves old oil at
$8 'a9barrel'"- a price which
"bears no relationship at all
to the costs of production."
• They called for.: the
• nationalization of "a cotn-
pany • like Imperial Oil",
• which • 'operates • across
• • Canada in all stages of the oil,
business. • . •
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