The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-08, Page 25FARM PAGE
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
When regulations or guidelines are set up, it should be ob-
vious to those enforcing such guidelines what the. rules of
the game are.
Lawyers, of course, make much hay out of interpreting
those rules, especially when new legislation is passed.
Judges spend time and tax money setting precedents for fu-
ture lawyers and judges to peruse.
But when a set of guidelines is passed which are too fuzzy
or too far outside the intent of the law to enforce. trouble
arises.
This is exactly what has happened with the federal go-
vernment's recent set at guidelines .for. the. National.. Farm_
Products Marketing Council.
First, a bit of explanation.
Legislation in many provinces allows farmers to organize
their own marketing boards. This has been done for more
than 30 products in Ontario. These boards must answer to
the provincial farm products marketing councils.
If they overstep the legislation. they are told about it and
must take steps to correct any abuses. This provincial
watchdog consists of farmers; a consumer representative
and members co-opted by the province.
Now, we get to the national picture. If farmers deem it
necessary, they can organize on a national basis. This has
been done with the co-operation of nine of the 10 provinces
for chicken, eggs and turkeys.
Again, a national farm products marketing council sees
that these national marketing boards do not overstep the let-
ter and the spirit of the law. It is legal for farmers to or-
ganize national marketing boards and the national council
keeps a close eye on those agencies which are federal in
scope.
Recently, the federal cabinet decided that present legisla-
tion governing marketing bdards was not enough. A set of
guidelines was .decreed,
Those guidelines have caused some rural toupees to hit
the roof.
F'r instance: the guidelines suggest that national council
Letters are apprecateo by Bob Trotter Eioaie Rd Enmra Om, N38 2C/
will be responsible for the wholesale and retail prices of
chicken, eggs and turkeys.
Whoever prepared those guidelines should read the legis-
lation. The national farm products council can do nothing
about the retail and wholesale price of those products. They
do not have the -power under the act.
"I can't believe the guidelines were meant to be taken li-
terally," said Jim Boynton of Chesley, vice-chairman of the
national council. "We — the council -- do not have the auth-
ority."
Council power over prices are clearly restricted to prices
paid to farmers. The council has nothing to do with prices
after /he .products ..leave __the _larm_ate,,--- – -- -. -.--
Th'e'guidelines also say the council is to be responsible for
wholesale. and retail distribution prices and roust have an
eye .bn profits in the food chain for the products under its
jurisdiction.
Phooey!
The federal government in all its power and manpower
had too much trouble monitoring food prices during the
price control binge and did a lousy. job. How in' the name of
all that's common sense can the cabinet expect a group of
people on the farm .council to do such things'
The guidelines.also get into the thorny, problem of quotas
and quota prices and the farm marketing council is being
asked to prevent quota -policy differences between provin-
ces whii:•h would tend to distort national production pat-
terns. Boynton maintains quota policies and administration
clearly are provincial matters.
To'make matters worse, June Menzies, former vice-
chairman of the Anti -Inflation Board. has. now become
chairman of the. national farm products marketing council.
A consumer advocate. she could ride roughshod over the
farmers on the council who have struggled long and hard to '
give farmers the necessa#y clout in marketing their pro-
ducts. -
.1 think the'nationaJ farm products council is -going to have
a rough time in the next few months. What they need now is
for the cabinet to. withdraw those asinine guidelines and
give the council something it can work with
Swine symposium Feb.15 .in.Howick.
"Profitable Pork
Production for 1979" will
be the theme of a swine
symposium to be held at
the' Howick Community
Centre on Highway No. 87
:between Gorrie ani
Fordwich ,-on February
15.
Advance registration
before February 12 is a
MUST in order "to be
assured of a pork dinner
at noon. Registration
may be arranged at,,
cost of $6 per person via
the Huron County Pork
Producer Directors or the
Agricultural Office,
Clinton.
The program com-
mences with registration
at 9:30 a.m,
Timely presentations
will include: "Premixes,
Supplements or Complete
Feeds Today", Ralston-
'
alston••' Purina representative;
-"Financing a Swine
Operation for the Young
Farmer and- . the
Established"' Pork -
Producer'",. Brian Little,
Royal Bank, Kitchener;
"Farrow to Finish
Operation - Would I do it
Again?", Ian McAllister,
Zurich; and "Reflections
- Would I Repeat our
Course of Action - Under
Today's Prices and
Conditions?", Charlie
Thomas, Brussels.
Guest speaker at the
noon pork dinner will be •
Jack Riddell, MPP
Huron -Middlesex.
Remarks will fepture
"Consumers and
Producers in a Complex,
Jr. Farmers elect
The Huron County
Junior Farmers recently
held their annual meeting
at the Clinton'high school'
eauditorium. After singing
the Junior Farmer Song,
the members introduced
themselves and the club
they represented:
Seaforth, West ,.Huron,
Auburn, South Hur n and
Howick.
Rick Archambaul , the
1978-79 president, called
the meeting to order and
the election of ,officers
took place. They are as
follows: president, Bill
Armstrong, Wingham;
vice-president, Paul
TSavkeje, Centralia;
secretary, Sharon
Colclough, Clinton;
treasurer, Larry
Plaetzer, Auburn; press
reporter, ' Joyce
Dougherty, Dungannon;
provincial directors, Jim
Phelan, Blyth, Rick
Archambault, Myth�__
The governing con-
stitution was discussed
-and the alterations
recognized. The zone
winter games, broomball
tournaments, - and • the
Farm Show princess
competition were also
discussed. The meeting
was closed with repeating
the motto, "Self Help and
Community Bet-
terment".
Changing Economy".
A panel discussion
about "Current Fads and
Myths. in Pork Produc-
tion", chaired by Ron
Fleming, Huron County
Agricultural Engineer,
will round out the af-
ternoon program. Panel.
members will include
Cliff Dickie, Hyde
Farm Supply;
Henry, .Bluevale;
Keates, Bright;
Park
Don
Ken
Neil
Hemingway, Brussels;
and Richard Srnelski,
'Swine Specialist,
O.M.A.F., Stratford.
` Panel will examine
trial and "error on the
farm! Will it Work?
Negative --and--.Pos-itive-
results Along the Road to
Seeking the- Recipe for
Successful Pork
Production and the. Joys
of Innovation.
Individual
questions
Wheat producers
get deficiency pay
Ontario wheat
producers will soon
receive 1977 crop
deficiencypayment
application forms.
Officials of the federal
Agricultural Stabilization
Board and the Ontario
Wheat Producers'
Marketing -Board met
this week to finalize a
system for payment.
Producers who sold
wheat during the 1977
crop year, July 1, 1977 to
June 30,. .1.978, are
required to apply for the
$31.97 per tonne (87 cents
per bushel) payment
announced by the
Honourable Eugene
Whelan, Minister of
Agriculture, on January
22.
Application forms will
be di?;tributed to
producers within two
weeks with an official
record of volume- of
wheat sold according to
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the Ontario Wheat Board
files. The record of
volume must be attached
to the application when
submitted for. payment.
The completed ap-
plications are to be
forwarded directly to the
Stabilization Board,'
Ottawa and cheques will -
be issued accordingly by
the Stabilization Board.
Payment will be based
on a minimum quantity of
five tonne and a
maxi -much• gfuantity of -650
tonne per producer.
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979,—PAGE 9A
NFU speaker claims FARfVI
CLASSIFIED
wives have rights SECTION
"Matrimonial property
includes all assets
acquired by either spouse
during the marriage,
except for gifts and
inheritances, and each
spouse has both the right
and -the responsibility to
participate in all legal
transactions regarding
property decisions."
This resolution, passed
by the delegates to the
ninth annual convention
of the National Farmers
Union at the Chateau
Laurier in Ottawa,
December 4 to 8, was one
of ,the issues discussed by
the NFU Women's
Advisory Committee
members at a recent
NFU Board Seminar in
Brandon, Manitoba,
.....Hilda Echlin of
Holstein, NFU Women's
Advisory Committee
member for Ontario,
interprets the resolution
which is now NFU policy,
as saying •that men and
women in marriage must
be 'treated equally and
regarded .as equals under
the law.
She said, "NFU policy
is one of the most
progressive statements
on behalf of women's
rights that any Canadian
organization has made. It
is based on strengthening
marriage, not on en-
couraging marriage
breakdown, on the
assumption that
marriage is an economic
union to which both
husbands- and wives.
contribute equally, even
if their roles are dif-
ferent."
if-ferent."
"What this policy
essentially says is that
women have property
rights throughout
marriage. It means
women don't have to wait
until their marriages fall
apart before they find out
from the courts what
they've been worth,"
Echlin said.
•
"The NFU recognizes
that people are equal,
that one marriage par-
tner should not have
dominant rights over the
other, and that the
equality between spouses
should be• an active, on-
going equality throughout
marriage, rather than a
calculated splitting up of
the goods if a marriage
breakdown occurs."
It is Echlin's contention
that present legislation
throughout the Canadian
provinces is based on
what lawyers call "bust-
up" legislation which
means that women's
property rights are
postponed until 'they are
no longer married.
"Thatkind of
legislation is a con-
tradiction of the goal of
marriage, that in effect
encourages stress within
the relationship and leads
to a greater divorce
rate."
"The NFU is working
towards strengthening
marriage, and we will
continue to meet with
provincial . governments
to put our point across,"
Echlin said.
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