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10 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 10,2003 ^ - ' il l::i| by Alex Shepherd, MP Durham BSE subsidy used up Canada now has the most expensive cow in history. It's the cow in Alberta that was diagnosed with BSE. While much of animal science science has pointed to the feeding feeding of rendering materials to animals as a probable cause of BSE, really a great deal is still unknown about this disease. It is unclear this cow was ever fed rendering material. And, more importantly, there is a belief among some scientists scientists that BSE can happen spontaneously. Canada has worked hard to ensure the world that we were free of BSE. One of the ways we did this is to have a rigorous rigorous inspection system in place. While some criticize the process, the fact remains, we did detect the disease which shows that our inspection inspection system works those in power have now become intransient to lifting the ban. In the U.S. some western meat packers, shipped almost exclusively to the Japanese market. These facilities often got beef directly from Canada. Because of the ban, the U.S. did the simplest thing and excluded Canadian beef from their market so they could certify certify that their exports to Japan were free of Canadian beef. Most of us, of course, believed this was a temporary fix and with increased inspections inspections we could prove Canada is a safe place to purchase beef. Sadly this has not happened. happened. The fact that the original subsidy of $460 million, plus the one-time top up of $30 million, has now been used up The Japanese are paranoid is not good news for our local about BSE. This goes part and farmers. parcel with their culture because they see themselves as being clean in everything they do. The fact there was a delay between the disclosure of the diagnosis in Canada and the ban in Japan caused the resignation resignation of many political and bureaucratic officials in that country. The result is that The Ontario government refuses to sign on to a risk management package which would see more funding flow toward the farmers. This isn't reassuring. We need a large plate of solutions. 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These are some of the things I will be pressing for when the House of Commons resumes sitting. There are suggestions that Canada's honesty and forthrightness forthrightness has worked to our disadvantage. Yes it is true that the U.S. has not reported a case of BSE. But this is a ruse. Since the U.S. test less than we do minute strains of this disease may go undetected. Moreover the U.S. has a disease disease called, "Stumbling Cow disease," whatever that means. Local farmers point out that the contaminated cow is further away from them than England is so why are they being affected by the ban. More importantly if the U.S. is really a friend, couldn't internal mechanisms be put in place that would allow some U.S. packers to be certified free of Canadian beef so they could ship to Japan. That would leave the rest of the American packers, the vast majority, free to use Canadian beef. 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