Double Message Given to Farmers
Canada faces a stabilizing shift as ministers urge smaller wheat crops to reduce surpluses. Otto Lang says farmers with stockpiles beyond sales capacity should not plant more this year while Agriculture Minister Olson envisions programs easing farm to city transitions and supports a future protein grading system and national marketing legislation.
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Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
Wheat Dominates Canadian Agriculture Federation Meeting
Wheat takes center stage as the Canadian Federation of Agriculture debates export goals of 1.3 billion bushels over three years and a sales push while noting limited growth prospects. A key clash over feed grain pricing spurred a two-language debate before a motion to table was passed. The CFA also plans its first officer elections from the floor.
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Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Quebec
CFA
Board of Directors
Apple Surplus Foreseen By Agriculture Department
The agriculture department warns of a world surplus of apples as crops normalize abroad. Global production is rising faster than demand, with France and Italy driving gains and entering Canada’s main market, the United Kingdom. Canadian growers have kept exports near 3,000,000 bushels annually by boosting quality and cutting costs, but competition could intensify.
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Agriculture Department
France
Italy
Canada
United Kingdom
Manitoba deputy minister weighs early trophy moose season
W Winston Mair, Manitoba deputy minister of resources, says an early season for trophy moose could continue without jeopardizing big game resources. He cited petitions from residents of The Pas and Swan River opposing early hunting. He notes four moose areas north of Dauphin are vital for hunting, and a bulls only season could harvest the surplus without endangering the population, with seasons adjusted as needed.
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W. Winston Mair
Manitoba
Department
Moose
Mair
CKDM
Dauphin
Bireh River
Swan River
West-Central
Porcupine Mountain
Low Cost Housing Units Going Up
The federal housing authority will focus in 1970 on funding construction of housing for Canada's 10 percent income families and senior citizens. Housing minister Robert Andras said the objective is to have 35,000 units built this year. He spoke at a Liberal association meeting and signaled an upcoming breakdown of provincial allocations.
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Federal Housing Authority
Canada
Robert Andras
Andras
Liberal Association
Surplus in dairy products looms for Canada
Agriculture Minister H. A. Olson warned dairy farmers of Canada that a big surplus in powdered milk could be followed by a surplus in butter. He cited a weak export market and a world dairy surplus nearing unmanageable levels, urging stabilization measures to keep supplies within Canada’s selling capacity.
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H. A. Olson
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Olson
Canada
Mr. Olson
Dairy Farmers
Indians to Get Special Training as Prison Guards
Forty native Indians from Western Canada will be trained as prison guards and parole officers under a federal plan funding on the job training in government departments. The program, announced by Solicitor General George Mellraith, aims to rehabilitate offenders and places interviews with at least 10 Indians per western province. Training takes place at federal penitentiaries in New Westminster B C or Kingston Ontario within three months.
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Western
Canada
George Mellraith
Canadian Corrections Association
Meliraith
New Westminster
B.C
Kingston
Ont
Electric Service League Promotion Partners Listed
Sponsored in co operation with the Electric Service League of Manitoba by Canadian General Electric Carter Electromode Canadian White Star Canadian Westinghouse Federal Pacific Pioneer Electric Markel Canadian Chromalox.
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Electric Service League of Manitoba
Canadian General Electric
White Star
Canadian Westinghouse
Pioneer Electric
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