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14 -•- THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY' .0
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Membersof the Christian • Farmers.
Fede*tion met last Wednesday :night in
Clinton;; to, `hear fieldman Martin Olden -
gam ' speak ;about CFFQ and: its , 25th.
anniversary.
The Christian Farmers Federation,
formed 25 years ago by a smalt group of
Dutch immigrant farmers in. the Strathroy
area. hasg'rown to include 600 family farm
operationst.n , localleast 100
. .. 1S locals and . at
members et'. la,: M
large,: now
includes other religious, denominations.
"We can safely dedicateourselves for
another 25 years" said Mr. ,plderigarm,
Mr. Oldengartn pointed nut to members
that the organization is deeply concerned
about many of the issues facing the: family,
farm today.
"We strongly sppport production quotas:
but just as, strongly criticize them for any.
inequalities:" Mr. Qldengartnn said.
Under question is whether of not farmers
should become involved with research. •
"We
are co-owners with God of large
tracts of land" said Mr, Oldengarm "We•
'rely heavily on research. If we are to be.
responsible we should be concerned with
the nature and directionthat research
Huilett township
takes if it is to serve mankind.'
Member John Maaskant pointed out that
;fairme.rs are ins -pined in research. already.
• "Alt you; bav+e to do is make yourself
available" Mr. Maaskant pointed: out."
Contact Mikc'Miller at the Department of
Agriculture inClintont,or Guelph University
would: even welconte an offer of help, ,
The western local, in the Prairie
Provinces now'; hires two full time research-
ers and they are funded alroSt wholly by
government :grants Mr- Oldengarm toad
members,
Members agreed with the speaker' that
education on agricultural problems is
necessary. The provincial mandate of the
CFFO to 10s41 executives •is to include
agricultural education in curriculum plan- .
Ding in sehools. `
Mr. Oldengartn informed; members that
the situation stirth the Consumers Associ-
ation seems to be creating .more prublems
. than salving them. CFFQ says consumers
should withdraw their support of the CAC
W they ccinxi,nne their dishonest policy
statements." The Consumers' Association:
has urged investigation of producers.
ignoring ''iitiddlc.nien and the effeet they
Approves developmen.
Hullett Township council at its regular
meeting Iasi Tuesday agreed. to give
tentative approval to a development plan
prop'osed' ' by" ;John" L; ' Cox -planning
consultant for, part. Lots 26, Con, 10 just.
south of Londesboro in Hullett Township.,
Council decided to accept the petitions of
A< K. Armstrong and: others and V. Fox and
others .regarding the Murray Lamb Municipal
Drain. Council decided to refer them to
Henry Understadt with the instructions that.
an on-site meeting to straighten out
problems was desired in the spring.
Council decided to give.a grant of S1625 to::
the Blyth Arena payable through the Hullett
Recreation Committee and approvedthe rest`
of the Recreation '..Boardt ' Committee's;
budget. Council also decided to give. a grant
of $250 to.. the Auburn• Centennail
Committee with the understanding it, will be
refunded if they make enough profit.
They decided to continue the agreement
with the Ministry of Natural Resources
whereby trees are planted on lots in the
township With half the cost paid for by the
Jock's Jottings
countyand half the cost paid for by the
Township, .The landowner had to agree, to
protect these trees for 20 years:
—The -Clerk was instructed: tb, apply for a
student to participate in the pr,'gcdm offered!:
by Intergovernmental Affairs. College and
university students taking municipal:
administration courses are subsidized to
work in municipal offices. The funding is
provided by the Provincial Treasury,
The Clerk was to advertise for a person to `
count dogs and sell tags' in the township
The successful applicants will be paid 51.25
for each dog counted.
Council did, not endorse a resolution from
the Township of Hinchinbrooke asking that
Wintario profits b,e applied to the provincial
budgets for both Health Care and Education
so that those services could adequately be '.
funded without putting a further burden
upon Provincial taxpayers. ,
Norm Alexander, drainage, inspector is to
see owners and the contractor on the
Garrett-Shobbrook .Drain • settlement and.
,reach a decision.
BY JACK RIDDELL, M:P.P.
The Minister of Health
recently announced budget
Plans for Ontario Hospitals
for the fiscal year '1979/80..
A.:5.3% increase 'is plan-
ned for each chronic care and
rehabilitation hospital,, for
chronic care and rehabilita-
tion
ehabilita-tion' units within active treat-
ment hospitals, and'. for. out,
patient operations, A "4":579
increase is planned for public
hospitals, after adjustments
forbed- population guide-
lines. There is 'to be a
three-year program to phase
'in bed -population 'guidelines
of 3.:5:beds per 1,000 referral'
population in Southern.
Ontario and :4.beds per 1,000
in Northern Ontario:
The Minister stated that.
no hospital will receive less
money in this fiscal year than
last, and that district health
councils and other organized
'local: health planning bodies
wilt have increasing• re-
sponsibilities in co-
ordinating health care ser -
Vices for both hospitals :and
alternate forms of care, such
as long-term care. He . men-
tioned copayment adjust
ments for ambulance ser-
vices, the. 'introduction of.
$9.80` per diem copayment
for long -terra chronic care
and capital financing in-
centives ' for hospital Cost-
saving' projects. There is to
be continued' funding for life
support and one=of-a-kind
programs,and long• -tern*
care services may be ex-
panded as a result of studies
of long-term care require-
ments' now being conducted
by district health councils
wad, other health planning
bodies,
Two kinds of adjustments
will affect :hospitals as of
April lst. The first is with
respect to budgets, and the
second is in connection with
measures designed' to en-
courage "better use of the
health system" - speeifiically
copayment or user 'fees, As
the Minister pointed out, the
principle of user fees is not
new. Those whit `use
atnhulances and those in..
nursing homes have paid
*User fees ever 'since these
services became insured
benefits. Insured,. persons
who use the ambulance ser-
vice are charged a fee for
each trip'and extended care
residents of nursing homes
are charged a per diem rate.
Certain user fees have also
been recotrinlended by a
incre
number.. of :committees and
groups studying health costs
in recent months, such as the
Taylor Committee ' and the
Legislature's Select Commit-
tee on Health Care. Financing
and Costs..
The Minister pointed out
that at this time some 35,000
extended care ' patients in
nursing hones and. •homes
for the,.aged pay a per diem
charge, while patients in
chronic hospitals, which cost
far 'more, now pay no per
diem fee at all. There is
currently , no incentive to
move patients from chronic
beds to nursing homne beds
when nursing home care
could more properly meet
their needs. The Government
is therefore introducing aper',
diem charge for ,those oc-
cupying a chronicbed in a
public or chronic hospital
longer .than 60 days. The
60 -day qualifying period be-
gins February 1st. As of
April 1, 1979,: the fee is to be
59.80 a day, equal to the per
diem; nursing horse :fee. The
same fee would also apply to
those occupying- a bed tin a
provincial psychiatric
hospital longer than 60 days.
Exemptions from the chronic
care. Copayment will include
those on Family Benefit Al
lowanceiind on General Wel-
fare Assistance, as well as
those veterans in Sunny -
brook and Westminister for
whose care we have 'agree-
ments with ,the federal
government:
As of April '1st, the
ambulance copayment will
increase, for the first time,
since its inception 11 years
have nrr food price% said M.r. Oldengarrn.
Mentbi•ts.werif encouraged to•.redefine
the lase of family farms. andplan. to retect
t ,P
the farm land base• ....:
"The consumer -producer relationshi
p ..,
.often dominated by confrontation., " Mr.
.04dengarrp; said.
For alt of this We need a more ,acture
and .alert membership,"
Bill Jongejan; Nitron CFFO, president,
felt farm organizations could work with the
wnsumers'. association provided that the
CAC educate itself not on product prices;
taut on .nutrition and ,promoting Canadian
ds.
Often consumers appear insensitive or'
ignorant to ;primary producers fieldmani
Mr. Oldengarm said. "People removed'
fronithe rural area lose contact easily."
"We have to think about the good of the,
country•, said Mr. Jongejan. Who is
irresponsible -the consumer for buying the
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"We are cattsmners as, well ,and should
.=set .au example'r Mr. Jongejan said. f
'there II no mint. n .a
Pit mean do we SAY
ui'' ting? '
74 k
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lietablescoultl•beturneu. "Ira- RsCn::nffc"red 52.:09pto sell hisfarm: and;
Someone :else offer hint $1,000 to keep
farming what do You, think 'hes would-. do?
There is tree endous onus.:of 'the .farmer"
said Mr. Qidengartf.
Members discus$ed having their facts
resent'd to the -consumers. John Maas-
k;tit 'expressed eoneern about unfair
p•act'tses which make it difficult to Compete
swith foreign products.
11�e can compete" said Mr, Maaskant.
"Birt not against dumping. Af foreign
prod ucts.'•
Mr. QId:engarrtt -pressed the titentbers:
HURON 4-H LEADERS ATTEND CONFERENCE Huron County 4-H
leaders attended the Provincial: 4-11 Leaders' Conf'rence at Toronto,
recently.. Froni left are - Ken 'Mewhinney, R.R,1,. ucknow; Michael
Rogers, R.R.5, Goderich; Gordon Lobb, R.R,3, Clinton; Sandy Bunker;
associate agricultural representative, Lambton: County; Robert Hern,1
Woodham; and;Allan Haugh,' RR,1., Brucefield
Ren -ember/ It takes but a An .Expositor:. Classified
moment to place an Ex- wi 1 payyou dividends. Have.
positor Want Ad,. DialI iyii;tcied one? Dial 527.02401,
527-0240. %v .
ago. For insured persons, it
will increase .from 55 to 520.
The mileage charge, for
longer trips Will , 'be
abolished. For those ` not
insured or for uninsured
services, such as medically
unnecessary trips, the user.
charge will increase from 525
to $40. The actual; cost of an
average ambulance trip
about 590.
We can understand the
Irr
Zeasoning of the government.
in attempting to restrain the
budgets of: general- hospitals
and to charge certain
patients a "copayment . fee.
We are somewhat con-
cerned, however, that the
alternatives to. these . acute
care facilities have not been
provided,and the proposals
of the :government will re-'
quire' rther':assessment.` 0
As Stuart Smith has
e:have
stated, theproposal to levy a
charge against those.• in
psychiatric .hospitals for
more than sixty days ' is
crude,cruel and dis-
criminatory, Patients: are
likely,' even after sixty days,
to be in the . acute phase of
their illness. Most of them.
still must ` maintain their
homes and families since
they are very likely to: recover
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• Lysoff ;(liquid lice control)
•swine' wormers.
horse wormers
numerous other lines in the store
OPNOTCH
TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED
Seaforth
..
about their responsibilities to make their
sitws :known concerning eheap' food
policies.
"We underestimate; the impact of One
letter to a politician." said Mr. Oldengarm.
In other business members were encour,
aged to support the PALS organization,
(Preservation of Agricultural Land Societyi
At the recent provincial board meeting of
CFFO it was stressed: that the Niagara
i=oodlands; fund needs more money, due'to:
,the ' -expensive .method; of •handling: the
s, Instead of organizing
erlse . s g g the protection of the fruitland by large sections the group
g
has
been defending land plot by plot. A
fund of $500 must be raised for the higher
costs.
"We support this program. If this area
goes to developers then where does the
,rest of the farm land stand?" said Mr.
Oldengarm. "Protection is short term - we
• ask'
must ask for planning."
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