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CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

1985-0264

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1985-05-09

National Press Theatre

Press conference given by Wayne Easter and Elaine Driver, co-presidents of the National Farmers' Union, to impress upon the Federal government the seriousness of the farm financial crisis. In the opening statement and the subsequent question period the following topics are discussed: the need for the Federal government to introduce debt reduction programs for family farms in financial difficulty; a growing concern that the farm financial crisis is being downplayed; the key problem of lack of adequate income leading farms to bankruptcy or growing debt loads; the ramifications of the farm financial crisis on the equipment industry; the American farm crisis; the social and psychological stress that the crisis places on families; the farm credit corporation and the "writing down" of debt loans; and the need for a Canadian interest rate policy.

AGRICULTURAL POLICY~AGRICULTURE - ECONOMIC ASPECTS~CANADA~FAMILY FARMS~FARM MANAGEMENT~PRESS CONFERENCES~NATIONAL FARMERS UNION ~DRIVER, ELAINE~EASTER, WAYNE

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