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AGRICULTURE MINISTERS MEETING IN OTTAWA

Released on September 19, 2003

Deputy Premier and Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization Minister Clay Serby will raise a number of issues that are important to Saskatchewan producers at a meeting of federal-provincial-territorial Ministers of Agriculture on September 22nd in Ottawa.

"Of course, BSE will be a major issue at this meeting," Serby said. "I will be pressing the federal Minister to do his part to cost-share the compensation program we announced for producers last week. I will also be asking if the federal government is prepared to step up to the plate on cash advances, if they have a plan in place for cull cows, and if they can provide a status report on the opening of the border to live animals."

Serby said he also hopes to find out more about the annual review of the Agriculture Policy Framework announced by the federal government. "I will ask for clarification on whether this will include indexing the $1.1 billion to inflation. If not, and this is a fixed amount, there will be less money for our industry in the future, when inflation is figured in."

The recent meeting of the World Trade Organization raised two serious concerns for Saskatchewan's agriculture industry, Serby noted: the need for Canada to take a stronger position on market access and ending trade-distorting international agriculture subsidies; and the need for a commitment to trade injury until more equitable trade rules are put in place.

"The federal government has been unable to negotiate international trade rules that are fair to Saskatchewan farmers," Serby said. "They have a responsibility to compensate producers for trade injury until fair rules are in place."

"Given the issues of trade injury and BSE facing our industry, I am extremely disappointed that our federal Minister of Agriculture saw fit to schedule only a half-day for this meeting," Serby said. "Having said that, however, I am looking forward to meeting with my colleagues from across the country to discuss, and hopefully find some solutions to, these crucial issues."

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For More Information, Contact:

Scott Brown
Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization
Regina
Phone: (306)787-4031

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