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GATT gauges dairy farmers Every time a Canadian crosses the border to buy American milk at cheaper prices dairy farmers across Canada could pay a penal says Harold Middlebrook the Halton Milk Committee Chairman Halton dairy farmers are concern ed current GATT General Agree ment on Tariffs and Trade negotiations will create greater American competition Since Canadian dairy farmers are paid according to a market quota system the less Canadian milk consumers buy the greater the penalty farmers will pay on surplus milk said Mr Mid dlebrook In addition to paying over production penalties Canadian dairy farmers have to pay to ex port surplus milk said Mr Mid He stated that milk from American dairy farms is imported Into Canada However American taxpayers cover the exporting costs Canadian farmers can compete with the American dairy farmers because American farmers don t have to pay over production penalties the chairman said Mr Middlebrook has received letters complaining about con near Ste Mane or American milk back across the border at half the cost The dairy industry will pay penalties but there is nothing anyone can do because there is no way to check if people are brining milk over the border he said Ontario Milk Marketing Board Chairman John Core was disap pointed with a draft which he believes undermine the stability of Canadian dairy farmers Mr Core argues that the docu which describes the strategy for the remaining six months of in trade negotiations on agriculture doesn support Cana dian Import controls Import con trols are necessary to manage Canadian dairy supply he said The document was written by Aart de Zeeuz of Holland who is Chairman of the GATT Negotiating Group on Mr Core argues that Canada can not support policies which stress the minimization of trade distor tion and increase market onenta tion of production Ontario Milk Marketing Board relations officer Bill Mitchell said if nothing changes from the cur rent GATT negotiations the United States will be importing more dairy products into Canada American dairy farmers will have cheap access to Canadian markets however Canadian farmers will still pay to export Canadian farmers can compete with dairy farmers in southern states like California because they don require buildings to house the cows in the winter said Mr Mid dlebrook He said if the Canadian border opens up to more American dairy products some dairy farmers will be forced to fold It will be especially difficult for anyone to establish a new dairy farm as the competition will be too fierce to off set the initial expenses Mr Mid said The federal government doesn t understand the impact of added American competition Mr Mid dlebrook said He added that Halton dairy farmers don feel protected and are fearing for their livelihood THE NEW IN TOWN Let Us Put The Mat Out For You ACTON I GEORGETOWN Judy 8532977 Debbie ADDITION Welcome Wagon hostess She will bring congratulations end gifts lor the family and the NEW BABY Maple Avenue development realizes 14 million in sales The development firm Zupet and Associates recently held an invitation only information and sales meeting at the North Golf and Country Club about the company s proposed Maple Avenue project and more than million worth of real estate apart ment condominiums was ten tatively sold said the firm real estate agent Fred Harrison There t been million plus worth of real estate sold in this town in a long time especially since these are tough times said Mr Harrison The real estate agent stressed that 93 per cent of the tentative sales went to Halton Hills residents When asked if the high percen of the purchases from Halton Hills residents shows there is local support for the two 15storey con dominium development Mr Har responded does it ever The number is a lot higher than we thought and we re getting calls ly from interested people all from Halton Hills he added A lot of the members belong to the North Halton Golf and Country Club said Mr Hamson There are a total of 266 apart ment condominiums available of which 57 have been tentatively sold said Mr Harrison The con dominiums range in price from ap proximately to approx innately The chairman of Residents Against Indiscriminate and Development RAIDD and a Maple Avenue resident Clovis Roy Monday that there is no way of tell ing how many of the tentative sales represent speculation I know of at least one person who bought a condominium for speculation said Mr Roy But he t give the persons name is a recently formed group comprised of Maple Avenue residents and other townspeople who are opposed to the Maple Avenue development RAIDD currently has a petition totalling in the hundreds of names all from Hills supporting the groups cause said Mr Roy But Mr Harrison said based on his years experience in the real estate business none of the ten tative sales went to speculators There are no speculators these days said Mr Harrison because the market is so slow We are discouraging specula tion he added Development firm to donate house to local charity Although the development firm and Associates which is behind a proposal to build two 15- apartment buildings on Maple Avenue located beside the North Golf and County Club has a demolition permit for 329 Maple Ave the company has decided to donate the house to a local chanty said Fred Harrison the firm real estate agent The company has decided not to demolish the house said Mr Har rison because it is 10 times better than the one located at Maple Avenue The company tore down the house at 327 Maple Ave earlier this summer He was referring to the fact that the of 327 Maple Ave had been severely vandalized before being torn down and Associates hopes to find a local chanty willing to take the house within the next 30 days said Mr Harrison If no group is in terested in the house then the com will sell the house and donate the money to charity he explained Whatever happens to the house it will have to be moved from the current location to make room for the proposed apartment buildings The other affected area house is at Maple Ave and it definitely won t be demolished said Mr Har If the development proposal receives town approval the house would initially be used as a sales office for the apartment buildings Mr Harrison said the house would eventually be donated to a local charity Graduate Wendy and Norm Wilcox are proud to announce the graduation of her son Jeff Forsyth from York Univensty Jeff graduated in June with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science All four years he was a member of the Dean Honour Role and the Stong College Master Honour Role He has been awarded a Bell Canada Scholarship to continue his educa and take his Honours in Com puter Science Congratulations from all your family Region financial constraints predicted to get worse The financial constraints Halton Region has had to face dunng the last few years will only get worse in the next decade predicted Chief Administrative Of CAO Peter Fleming at last Wednesday Regional and finance committee meeting The next decade will be one of the worst if not the most difficult in years Mr Fleming told committee members The CAO made his comments in reference to a staff report over view of the issues that will be prevalent for the Region in the areas of Regional staff legal vices planning and development social services health public works and finance during the 90 Several of the committee members suggested that the Region might have to reduce staff in the upper levels of management to help the Region maintain the ex levels of Regional services Both Milton Mayor Gord Krantz and Oakville Mayor Ann said that the number of senior level Regional government positions might have to be reduced to cut costs If the Region take action soon it could be faced with a tax revolt warned Mayor Krantz The Region is going to have to bite the bullet because there are a lot of disgruntled people out there said Mayor Mulvale The Oakville Mayor 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