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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday August 1990 Ontario Federation of Agriculture searches for unified voice A trio of scholars Three local females made it to the big turn and also at the same time Although mother Pam Sturgess insists it was plan ned her daughters all graduated with at the same Nicola received a law degree from the of Windsor Leslie bottom right graduated from the Unfersit of Toronto with a doctorate In Sociology and Beverley bottom left graduated with a University of Toronto degree in Literature and The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is asking farmers in Halton Hills and across the province to become part of a general farm organization so that Ontario farmers can better lobby the federal and provincial govern said Halton Federation of Agriculture President Harry The HFA is the local represen We farmers need a unified voice and we certainly Hon t have it now said Mr Brander Currently farmers either have no lobby representation or are members of one of several dif ferent lobby groups Government likes this kind of situation said Mr Brander The government ends up with a variety of conflicting opinions on issues allowing it to throw its hands up in the air and do nothing Farmers are currently going up against government in an to seek protection against the Goods and Services Tax and the free trade deal he said Mr Brander also said the ex lobby system is unfair Ac cording to Census Canada there are farmers in Ontario but COMPUTED SALES SERV the majority of them are not pay ing fees to be a member of a lobby group such as the OFA he said That means a minority of farmers are paying the share of the major ty explained Mr Brander Although the details of the new lobby group have yet to be deter mined farmers would be required to pay a registration fee As part of the registration a detailed listing of what each farmer pro duces and the size of each farm would be stored in a central com puter That would allow the lobby group and the government easy ac cess to important information about the farming community to negotiate suitable policies ex plained Mr A farmer would be allowed to leave the group within 30 days of joining Clothing Mens Ladies Childrens ALTERATIONS 8771598 OFFICE MAGIC 136C Guelph St NX 1000 PRINTER ONLY IBM Epson Compatibility COLOUR ONLY While Quantities 348 I IFnl t SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE Florida Super funshine fares AIR ONLY Deps Aug 27 Sep 30 ORLANDO CLEARWATER ST PETERSBURG TAMPA FT MYERS FT LAUDERDALE 7 A EEIC 1 I MONTHUR till I WEEKEND I AdultChild Travel met STREET GEORGETOWN 8770103 EVENING SPECIAL After Buy One Dozen DONUTS For Only 99 Baked Froih on Promises Georgetown 8731211 Good service good coverage good price- Thats State Farm insurance Guelph St Georgetown 8731833 Like a good neighbor State Farm is there STATE FARM INSURANCf SHOP EARLY SOME QUANTITIES MAY BE LIMITED WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES