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4 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 FARM & RURAL LIFE THE PORT PERRY STAR Farm & Rural life CALENDAR OF FUN [CAE ANNES Sept. 12-13 Sept. 13 1pm. Sept. 15-17 Sept. 16 11:30 a.m. Sept. 15 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19-23 Sept. 20 10a.m. Sept. 23 Sept. 25 8pm. Sept. 26 8 p.m. Sept. 26 8 p.m. Sept.28 7p.m. 'Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1 Sept. 30 10am. Sept. 30, Oct. 1 'Oct.4 ~~ 7:30pm. ot 12 8pm. Oct. 13 6:30 p.m. 'Oct. 19 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 8 p.m. Oct. 26 7pm. Oct. 27-29 Oct. 28 7:30 p.m. Sunderland Fair (contact 705-432-2833) 4-H Achievement Day for Sunderland Dairy Club, Sunderland Fair Beaverton Fair (contact 705-426-5726) 4-H Achievement Day for North Ontario Dairy & Poultry Clubs, Beaverton Fair Durham West 4-H Championship Show, Beaverton Fair International Plowing Match, Ayr East Central 4-H Championship Show, Lindsay Exhibition Brooklin Master Gardeners' Education Seminar, Port Perry OMAFRA Regional 4-H Council Mtg., Lindsay OMAFRA Durham Region Farm Fresh Marketing Assoc. Executive Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA Durham Region Federation of Agriculture Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA Durham Region Beef Farm Business Mgmt. Club Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA 4-H Future Talk Weekend, Jericho House, Mono Mills Regional 4-H Go For The Gold Competition, Brooklin United Church 1995 EBI Beef Congress, Belleville 'Fairgrounds Durham West 4-H Executive Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA Durham East 4-H Council Executive Mtg., Blackstock 'Durham West 4-H Annual Award's Banquet, Community Centre, Uxbridge Brooklin Master Gardener's Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA Durham Region Federation of Agriculture Mtg., Port Pemy OMAFRA Durham Region Beef Farm Business Mgmt. Club Mtg., Port Perry OMAFRA Provincial Junior Farmers' Autumn Profile, Markham Fairgrounds Durham East 4-H Awards' Night, Baseline Community Centre, Bowmanville The Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council (OACCQC), an affiliation of 22 Ontario farm commodity organizations, has expressed alarm over growing ru- mors from Queen's Park that massive new cuts are in store for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) in the economic state- ment this fall and the provincial budget next year. These are in addition to reductions announced In July. "Mike Harris assured rural Ontarians, before the June election, that agriculture would be spared from his intended government expenditure cuts if he were elected premier," said Gary Ireland, a Simcoe-area farmer and chairman of the OACC. "The message is now coming from the Harris gov- ernment that agriculture will be a 'team player' meaning that projected cuts in the OMAFRA will be large. Agriculture has not been included among those areas listed as priorities for support, such as health, education and law enforcement, in statements from the Harris team," added Mr. Ireland. Mr. Ireland said that, in order to meet Mr. Harris' announced budget targets, without election promises to agriculture being honored, huge cuts - if not com- plete program elimination - may be required in areas such as research, education, safety net support pro- grams, extension, youth programs such as 4-H, and OACC alarmed over cuts Ireland accuses Harris of flip-flop on ag funding property tax rebates. "A succession of Liberal and NDP governments have not accorded agriculture its fair share of provin- cial spending," states the Mike Harris Report on Eco- nomic Rural Development, released in late 1994. "Under a Mike Harris government agriculture will regain its fair share of government support. That is why there are no cuts to agricultural programs in our policy document The Common Sense Revolution." The Mike Harris report also refers to the very large cuts imposed by the previous government on OMA- FRA spending, as compared to that of other minis- tries, and concludes, "if all government ministries. (had) experienced downsizing similar to OMAFRA, Ontario would not be facing its current debt crisis." "A key question remains to be answered: Will Mike Harris honor his pre-election commitments to agri- culture and rural Ontario? Or is he simply another politician who promises one thing before being elect- ed, and does the opposite after being elected?" asked Mr. Ireland. The OACC members are Ontario commodity or- ganizations involved in the production of pork, beef, grains, oilseed, horticultural and other specialty crops and tobacco. Over 55,000 Ontario farmers are represented through OACC member organizations. 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