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6 May 21'20 HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB. ECA REVIEWOPINIONThe opinions expressed are not necessarilythe opinions of this newspaper.RRRRRPublished byCoronationReviewLimitedSubscriptions:$50.00 in Canada; $94.00 in US;$175.00 Overseas. (All prices plus GST)EDITORIALResiliency versus efficiencyB. SchimkeECA ReviewWe learned how vulnerable our beefsupply chain was during the BSEcrisis. We learned how vulnerable ourpoultry and pork industries wereduring the Avian and Swine flues,respectively.With COVID-19 we’re learning howCanada, a country blessed with agriculturallands and output, isvulnerable to food shortages becauseof the ‘efficiencies’ we’ve built into oursupply chains.The majority of our meat productiongoes through huge multi-national meatprocessing plants. To achieve largereturns for shareholders and ‘cheap’food, these companies use low paid,temporary workers and immigrants towork closely together in conditionswhere viruses thrive and spread.The Cargillplant in High“River, where halfof its workerswere infectedand some died, isowned by 100+family membersout ofMinneapolis, 14of whom arebillionaires.The JBS meatpacking plant inBrooks is owned by a Brazilian company,the largest meat processingcompany in the world.Yet when Mr. Trudeau announcedhis first round of financial help to theagricultural industry, $77 million wasset aside to invest in safer working conditionsin these foreign-owned plants.It’s disgusting on one front—bailingout billionaires—but on the otherfront, this public investment has a payback in terms of putting a lid on healthcare costs.We got through BSE, SARS, Avianflu and Swine flu because it didn’t takedown the whole world at once.This pandemic, however, has shonea light on how vulnerable food securityis worldwide.Liberating world trade and reducingresponsible controls between countrieshas liberated the power of biology—pests, viruses, diseases,fungi—leading to the overuse of pesticides,antibiotics and chemicals.Most concerning is the very realcrisis facing the world’s number onepollinator—the bee.Local and regionalfood networks shouldbe our government’ssubsidy priority.MAIL BAGOnce again, we are looking at theobvious—our agriculture industry’ssupply chains for local consumptionneed to be nimbler and more sustainable,and our native ecosystems needto be better respected.Every time there’s been an unforeseencrisis, large processing plantshave always been the juggernaut inour meat processing capabilities, andoften have benefited the most fromgovernment bailouts.Granted, large food processingplants and factory farms are importantto provide equitable and cheapfood for a hungry world, but buildingresilience into our local food supplychain is also gravely important.Crisis after crisis we just fall backinto the old ways of doing things.In our subsidy programs, let’s startmaking a sizable distinction betweenBigAg and Canadian agriculture deliveredbymedium-sizedand smalleroperatorswho are on theland, not investorsfrom afar.More attentionshould be givento how we buildup and sustainlocal horticulturaloperations,farmer’s markets,organic producers, agriculturalcooperatives, and small and mediumsizedproducers.It’s nonsense that we allow our meatsupply chain to be completely vulnerable,in a land of plenty, because thegovernment hasn’t prioritized and supportedlocally-owned meat-packingplants.There’s no better time than after thispandemic to shift the balance of subsidiesaway from BigAg and towards therest of the agricultural sector.Producing food is a tough businesswith outrageous input costs (complimentsof BigAg) and manyuncontrollable factors, but it is also ourmost important industry.Local and regional food networksshould be our government’s subsidypriority.Governments must build resiliencyinto the system so that all Canadians,rich and poor, can rest assured thatour agriculture industry has theability to provide uninterrupted,healthy and affordable food evenduring a pandemic.Saving icing for last72 ptEast Central AlbertaEVIEW60 pt48 pt36 ptWebsite ECAreview.comOffice Hours Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pmR30 pt4921 - Victoria AvenueTel. (403) 578-4111R24 ptMail: Box 70, Coronation, AB Canada, T0C 1C0“Dear Editor,Thank you for another thoughtfuleditorial titled, ‘Opportunity forchange’, Apr. 23 edition of the ECAReview, It is one more editorial I canadd to my file of excellent editorialsthat you have done that would be welcomeat any newspaper in the country.I was distressed to read of the financialhardship that ECA Review is facingand I want to subscribe and maybehelp in my own small way to see thatwe continue getting the paper. Turn to Lives, Pg 7LETTERS POLICY • Letters to the Editor arewelcomed • Must be signed and a phone numberincluded so the writer’s identity can be verified. •ECA Review reserves the right to edit letters forlegal considerations, taste and brevity. Lettersand columns submitted are not necessarily theopinion of this newspaper.MEMBER OF:JOYCE WEBSTERPublisher/Editorpublisher@ECAreview.comJENNA MOTEMarketing403-578-4111PRAIRIEVIEWCatching wild pigsby Herman SchwenkEveryday for the last couple ofmonths Trudeau pops out of his rabbithole to make another financialannouncement.His primary purpose is to convinceCanadians what a caring governmentthe Liberals are.His major concern is the welfare ofHIS job and the future of the Liberalgovernment, not us.Progressive parties design governmentprograms to take people’sfreedoms away.I know any government would havehad to provide some assistance tocounterbalance the negative effects ofCOVID-19 and we know that there hasto be maintenance of basic welfare programsbut the Liberals have goneoverboard and they will bankrupt ourcountry.The enclosed article written byNorman Wolfe, living in Portland,Oregon and adviser to CEOs, is somethingthat all residents in Canadashould read.This analogy makes the point I’vebeen trying to make in many of mycolumns.Critical life lesson‘Do you know how to catch wildpigs?’There was a chemistry professor in alarge college that had some exchangestudents in the class.One day while the class was in thelab, the professor noticed one youngman, an exchange student, who keptrubbing his back and stretching as ifhis back hurt.The professor asked the young manwhat was the matter.The student told him he had a bulletlodged in his back. He had been shotwhile fighting communists in hisnative country who were trying tooverthrow his country’s governmentand install a new communist regime.In the midst of his story, he looked atthe professor and asked a strangequestion.He asked, ”Do you know how tocatch wild pigs?”The professor thought it was a jokeand asked for the punch line. Theyoung man said it was no joke.BRENDA SCHIMKEEditorial WriterGAYLE JARAWAYMarketing 403-578-4111advertise@ECAreview.com“You catch wild pigs by finding asuitable place in the woods and placingcorn on the ground, The pigs find itand begin to come every day to eat thefree food.“When they are used to comingeveryday, you put a fence down oneside of the place where they are used tocoming.“When they get used to the fence,they begin to eat the corn again andyou put up another side of the fence.They get used to that and start to eatagain. You continue until you have allfour sides up with a gate on the lastside.“The pigs, which are use to the freecorn, start to come through the gate toeat that free corn again. You then slamthe gate on them and catch the wholeherd.”“Suddenly the wild pigs have losttheir freedom. They run around andaround inside the fence, but they arecaught. Soon they go back to eating thefree corn.“They are so used to it that theyhave forgotten how to forage in thewoods for themselves so they accepttheir captivity.”The young man then told the professorthat is exactly what he seeshappening in America.”The government keeps pushing ustowards communism/socialism andfeeding us the free corn of programssuch as supplemental income, taxcredit for unearned income, taxexemptions, tobacco subsidies, dairysubsidies, payments not to plant crops,[CRP] welfare entitlements, medicine,drugs etc., while we continually loseour freedoms, just a little at a time asthe government forces us to participatein many of these programs whether ornot we want to.One should always remember twotruths. There is no such thing as a freelunch, and you can never hire someoneto provide a service for you cheaperthan you can do it yourself.If you see all this wonderful government”help” is a problem confrontingthe future of democracy in America,you might want to share this with yourfriends. God help us all when the gateslams shut!” Turn to There, Pg 7YVONNE THULIENManageroffice@ECAreview.comJUDY WALGENBACHMarketing 403-740-2492marketing@ECAreview.comTERRI HUXLEYReporter 587-321-0030news1@ECAreview.comBONNY WILLIAMSCirculation ManagerSTU SALKELDLJI Reporter 403-741-2615reporter@ECAreview.comLISA MYERS-SORTLANDGraphic ArtistR18 pt
ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB May 21'20 7We saluteCouncils,journalists,funeral homepersonnel, judicialprofessionalsaspenford.ca4402 42 St., Stettler, AB(403) 742-4477Woody’s Automotive Ltd.4902 - 43 Ave . Stettler , ABPh: 403-742-6272Cell: 403-916-4412dpetersen@napacanada.comwww.napacanada.comOwner: Don Petersen780-755-3933PaintearthRegional WasteManagement Ltd.#1 CrowfootCrossing,Hwy. 12 andTwp. Rd. 374403-882-3211prwm@countypaintearth.caFamily owned & operated4606-40St. Stettler, AB403.742.2869www.jtautobody.caServing Stettler and Area since 1974Service, Repair and Tires4920 50 AveBashaw, Ab.780.372.2045Village of Irma(780)754-3665• Specializing in Repairs toALL Makes & Models of RVs & Trailers• Full selection of RV Parts & Accessories• RV Storage403 742 5667generationsrv@gmail.comYOUNGSTOWNTax penalty reliefTerri HuxleyECA ReviewYoungstown councilgathered for their regularmeeting on Tues.May 5 where it wasdecided that taxpayerswill have eased penaltiesif not paid on time.What is normally setat 18 per cent for latepayments is now downto 10 per cent untilSeptember 31, 2020.Taxes are normallydue by August 31.“It might not hurt butwe are way later thanmost municipalitiesanyhow,” said Coun.Ken Johnson.Mill rates setYoungstown solidifiedtheir mill rates for theyear with residential at14.78 per cent which ishalf a per cent increaseThere you have it!Cont’d from Pg 6So there you have it!Believe me Trudeau isusing this crisis for hisand the Liberal’s benefit.I wrote over twomonths ago that theLiberals are just ecstaticabout this development.He can spend money tohis heart’s contentwithout much publiccriticism.He has attempted toconvince the public thathe is so concerned abouttheir welfare but hedoesn’t seem to be tooLives well-livedCont’d from Pg 6I wait for it everyweek, and, like eating acake with really goodicing, I read the editoriallast, so I am left with areally good taste inmouth.I read the obituaries,in part to make sure I’mnot listed, and I like toread about lives welllivedwho have beenpart of our community. Iread community newsand advertising for bullsales even though I don’tknow much about bulls.And speaking of bull,I even skim readPrairieView although Idon’t agree with onething Mr. Schwenkwrites.His articles are predictable:anti-Trudeau,anti-Liberal, anti-NDP,anti-motley, anti-carbontax, pro landownersrights, pro Wildrose, ProKenny, climate changedenier, and not wellresearched, but I respecthis right to express hisopinions. Mr. Schwenknever lets facts get in theway of a strong opinion.I do need to respond toa letter to the editor byGordon Snell of ThreeHills, also in the April 23paper.from last year.This is because of theBig Country WasteAssociation raising theirfees 1.6 per cent as wellas the Acadia ValleySeniors Foundation up0.13 per cent.The SchoolFoundation requisitionwent down 0. 4 per cent.Commercial or nonresidentialpropertiesare set at 16.03 per cent,up 0.3 per cent in millrate from last year.“It’s not enough that Ithink people will begrumbling too much,”said CAO Garlock as shedetermined the addedcost will go up possibly$20 for residents in total.“It will cut into ourscotch money,” jokedMayor Robert Blagen.More online atwww.ECAreview.comconcerned about thewelfare of this countrywhen it comes time torepay this huge debt.His policies arerestricting people’s freedoms.An example arehis recent proposed gunlaws.If the Liberals winanother election thefinancial integrity ofthis country will bedestroyed and we will bevery vulnerable to anon-democratic governmenttaking overCanada.While his anti-Trudeau stand ispredictable in ruralAlberta, his view associatedwith the ChiefMedical Officer is not.It sounds much likethe views that might beheld by DerekFildebrandt or AllanHunsberger.It was Mr. Hunsbergerwho single-handedlysnatched defeat from thejaws of the victory bythe Wildrose Part withhis homophobic views.Now we have Mr.Derek Sloan (a“Conservative withoutapology”), a candidatefor the leadership of theConservative party.His racist andmisoginistic attitudewas too much for manyOntario Conservativesand they want to boothim from the party.Funny, I didn’t hear apeep from AlbertaConservatives.In closing, I think it isworth noting that themost respected politicianin the country rightnow is a female, aLiberal, and anAlbertan.Darrell TrenholmStettler, Alta.Coronation Outreach SchoolCONSULTATIONAs a valued partof the educationand learningfor our students,Clearviewis seekingyour feedback.Clearview is considering the opportunity to shift the outreachprogramming offered through Coronation Outreach Schoolinto Coronation School effective September 2020. The programand opportunities for students provided through the outreachprogramming option will continue.Coronation Outreach School is currently operating in a facilityapart from Coronation School. In previous years outreachschools could not operate on school property, and starting nextyear the Alberta Government will now allow outreach schools tooperate on school property. This provides an opportunity to lookfor what is best for our students.The consideration to move the outreach programming optioninto Coronation School will allow for even more supports andresources to be available (along with the outreach programmingoption) for those students at risk or could benefit in an outreachlearning environment. Also, by moving the outreach programinto the school, the cost savings from the rent can insteadbe used for learning priorities. Further, efficiencies in schooloperations including administrative supports and increasedcollaboration with staff will be available.Traditionally, outreach schools offer additional opportunitiesfor students that may not be successful in a traditional learningenvironment. Students that would use the outreach programwithin Coronation School will be able to continue to access thesame level of supports and alternate learning opportunities,while also having access to the full-range of student learningsupports available to all Coronation School students.As part of the process in doing so, Clearview will no longer usethe school code for Coronation Outreach School. Under theEducation Act (Section 62), both the removal of the school codeand the move of the outreach program into another site requiresconsultation.Should you wish to provide your thoughts please use thefollowing link or you can mail to the following:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CoronationOutreachPeter NealeAssociate Superintendent5031 50 StreetStettler, AB T0C 2L0If you have any questions on the consideration and/or questionson the process, please contact the following:Cam Brown, Principal (Coronation School)cbrown@clearview.ab.ca403-578-3661Greg Hayden, Board Chairghayden@clearview.ab.ca403-740-9610Any comments or information received before or onTuesday, May 26 will be part of the determinationby the Board of Trustees to proceed.
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