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SRRWD The lookout tower on the far bank of this pond provides a perfect spot for students to do a little birdwatching, or perhaps to get a birds’ eye view of a variety of water plants, during a tour of the Discovery Centre. Years to develop Continued from page 6C
FLASHBACK
to the Tourond Creek Discov- ery Centre. Today, the TCDC is burst- ing with life. Visitors may en- counter the diversity of plant and animal species unique to each of five micro-ecosys- tems, including grasslands, aspen forest, rich woodland, wetland and the Tourond Creek. This area would have his- torically been mostly tall grass prairie made up of highly productive soils. Most of this natural grassland has been turned into cropland.
that the site had a diverse habitat and a variety of wild- life, making it suitable for ed- ucational use. Toews said the site has a creek and bush area, making it a prime location to study flowers and bugs, rather than have students trek all the way to the Sandilands. No motorized vehicles were to be allowed on that site, and there would be no digging where the active pit area once stood, as well as no hunting. It has taken years to devel- op the site, transitioning it from an unused landfill site
Members of the Hanover School Division and the Seine Rat River Conservation District were responsible for launching the outdoor class- room project, eight years af- ter the Kleefeld landfill site closed in 2002. It was in 2010 that council for the Rural Municipality of Hanover gave its blessing to the Seine Rat River Conser- vation District (now SRRWD) in collaboration with the Ha- nover School Division to use the old dump site as an out- door classroom. Reeve Stan Toews, at the time, said council agreed
December 18, 1991
Supply management system is threatened
raised discussion of Article 11 and Supply Management to a major issue in current GATT talks. Balcaen agreed the approach being pro- posed during current discussions falls short of the position advocated by Canada in the interests of all sectors of Canadian agricul- ture. “We should not be expected to simply endorse a bilateral deal between the United States and the European Community.” The working papers tabled by GATT general director, Arthur Dunkel, promote comprehensive tariffs and do not include strengthening or clarifying the GATT article recognizing the validity of Canadian supply management. Supply management has been part of Canadian agriculture for more than two de- cades, with dairy producers in Ontario and Quebec launching the program in 1970. In 1970, the National Milk Marketing Plan came into effect to control supply, with the federal government and the governments of Ontario and Quebec, the two largest provinces, signing on. By 1974, every prov- ince except Newfoundland had signed on. Following dairy, a national supply man- agement system was implemented for eggs in 1972; turkeys in 1974; chicken in 1978 and chicken hatching eggs in 1986. Balcaen maintains the quota system for milk is the best way to ensure continued health of the dairy industry. If supply-man- agement were dismantled, prices may fall initially, but as the number of producers and quantity of production shrunk, the price could not be expected to stay at lower levels. The current GATT talks have already been extended by a year and this round is scheduled to conclude by the end of 1991.
by WES KEATING C anadian farm leaders are concerned supply management systems for dairy and poultry, which have been in effect for two decades, will be threatened if the United States and the European Eco- nomic Community are allowed to develop world trade practices to meet only their in- terests. Returning from a four-day trade mission to Geneva and Brussels, both Louis Bal- caen, president of Dairy Farmers of Cana- da and Waldie Klassen, Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency chairman, expressed hopes there would be further support of the Canadian position on supply management in current General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks. Klassen said more and more agriculture leaders are recognizing the need for pro- tection of farmers, although there is some dispute as to how to do it. United States and the European Community feel the best way to control imports is through comprehen- sive tariffs, Klassen said. Article 11 of the World Trade Agreement recognizes the validity of supply manage- ment programs. While such programs exist in the dairy, egg and poultry sectors of Ca- nadian agriculture, the GATT rule is avail- able to all commodities and all countries. Klassen points out that in the poultry sector, Canada is a net importer and ex- ports of processed chickens have not been challenged with tariffs in the same way as dairy products, like ice cream and yogurt. Canada’s balanced position has been well received and the Canadian government is very supportive of the agriculture sector. Klassen said. That government support has
CARILLON ARCHIVES A technical expert explains component milk testing, which determines the price paid to producers, to an Ault Dairies representative and Louis Balcaen of Dairy Farmers of Canada.
WES KEATING THE CARILLON A map on a pedestal along one of the nature trails directs attention to the grassland leading up to the hill that was the old landfill and to the weather station that can be seen in the distance on the left.
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