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ome Win, some lose in freer trade There will be some lasers and some tuners if Canada negotiates freer ade with the United States, accord- .c to Dr. Larry Martin, professor id chairman of the Agricultural enemies and Business Department : the University of Guelph. Speaking at a free trade seminar. . :anized by the Federated Women‘s v Etitutes of Ontario, Dr. Martin sug- » sted a program must be developed - hear both sides, and that certainly, - are are advantages and disadvan- .ges to freer trade. In trade talks with the US, Dr. .tartin said farmers should press for ree basic gains: Clear definitions ,of what subsidies rialify for countervailing duty action. To improve access to the US. tarket by lowering tariff and non- triff barriers. To guarantee this access in a binding reaty, by establishing an effective and - quitable mechanism for the settleâ€" cm of trade disputes. Dr. Martin pointed out one third of v 'anada's agricultural output is ex- . mod and agricultural expons account or about half of gross farm income. Ruth Grose All this leads to the conclusion that most of Canadian agriculture is heavily dependent on international trade and, therefore. on access to foreign markets. During the rest of the day-long seminar, held in November in Guelph. participants listened to a panel discus» sion on free trade as well as the statements of eight Ontario corn- modity boards. Discussion groups tackled five dif- ferent statements reflecting the various components of the free trade issue. Comments on the statements were shared in a plenary session. Although the seminar was organized by FWlO. it was sponsored by the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada. Three other free trade seminars are being held across the country in an effort to collect the ideas and opinions of people involved can in agriculture on the free trade issue, Reports from the four seminars utll be used in a brief to thc l'cdcml gorernntctu. About IUO people attended the seminar in Ontario. rcprexctttmp Junior Farmers, 441. ()ntttrto |~;um Sitl‘cty Association. Junior \Vttttlt‘lt's Institutes. Ontario licdcttttiou ot Agriculture, Christian Fullnt‘h Federation. Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies, and mum other organizations. Rlllh (iI'tNl' chitin-d llll' I"\\'IU l‘l‘t‘t‘ Tnidl' Henlinur branch hosts public information meeting A meeting to inform WI members not the public about problems facing oday's farmers was organized by Hay ay Women‘s Institute, and held in ctober. ‘ Called Problems Facing Our Farmers and What Can Be Done To Help Them. the evening included a panel ofspeakers and a question and answer period. The speakers were Eric Kaiser, a well-known. local cltickcn farmer; Garnet Mills. agricultural ictured above are people involved in the Hay Bay WI evening. In lhofrrml I w. I to r are Hay Bay WI President Barbara Weese; Lennox and Addingtnn 3 Rep Garnet Mills; event converter Barbara Antler. In the back row are rmers Eric Kaiser and John Wise. (Photo courtesy The Napanee Beaver) representative for Icttlun and All dington; and John Wise, it t‘llllrlllnt‘ fruit and vegetable lill'll‘lL'l. Hay Buy Agriculture und ('uundinn Industries (‘ouvcncr [ittrhztru t\lltit'|’ was the lHDLlClilltH' lot the cwninu. She hoped that not only uottld pitrtici punts (about 75) [com moo: nhout farming. but they would he llllH‘L‘tl to do sotttcthinl.t about the situzttton Although runny titvomhlt- comments were nutdc til the own! and .lilL‘lr wards. th‘rc Wits no response In it suggestion llh’ll voltuuccrs set up it committee to we if any Iollow-up action could be tnltcn by people in lllL' community, Alter tltc lilL‘L’llltg. two L‘tipir's ot’ Carol (ilflngmndc's hook Down In Earth: The Crisis in ('anutlittn l‘llmllllu were donated to the loud library by Hay Bay WI. A classified ttd was placed in two issues ol' the local newspaper announcintt the book mix available. H (‘ .l‘dn. l‘cb. Nlill. 1987 ll