oly Lvcizene is duaveried: iihout'® che, trod. Our lives depend on it. RCA need for dependable. supphigs af sate. clean. nutritious Jind afterdable feed. and reason: Cable reacas forpiodueers. pra- cessory ind retailers prompted:a- consultation pmeéis about: the fond “system: which” began - in June, 1977, and isedhtinuig - All the tinks in the harvest-to- ~ home: food: chain-assembled “in Ottawa -in late. February. at the National: Food Strategy, Confer- - ence. co-sponsored by the federal - Depurtmtents, of Agriculture und to exchange opinions and ideas ‘orum For, Links In Food Industry = Je “There Was not always agree. ment.. Each link ‘in the fond system has distinet needs - and problems, and is often misin- derstuod. by the, rest. of. the system. Workshops were ur- ganized so that répresentatives of particular. interest. groups could... 2 = participate in discussions of areas - which Were not necessarily their transportation industry and food prime interest and thus provide # preecessors explained to growers ‘third, dimension: effect ta the the reyitirements of their plants. Narious facets of the food indus- This exchange of ideas became ty. Consumers: representatives one of the mare important -as- Consumer and Carporate Affairs, on future’ food a a en listened to the problems of the 400 people altended the meclings - representing producers” arganiza- lions, - boards; sumeérs “and universities from. coast-to-coast. - These stakeholders in the food Over the past. year the price of system were invited to participate rice in Canada has risen almost in a series of -workshops to 25 per cent. Some of that price examine: the problems of each increase is because of the devalu-- j sector’-of the system and’ to ation -of the Canadian dollar: qttempt lo urrive at a consensus sonie is because rice now casts _as,to the direction to be taken by More in. the home market and” industry... goverinuat “and ie- thorefore is ‘more expensive when search organizations. The work- itreaches the Canadian border. , - shops examiped: Income Stabili- zation and Suppor: Trade Pol-— icy.and Safeguards; Research, Canadians is 7the long grain Information and Education ‘variety and is ‘imponed from the “(iricluding nutrition and food United States. Usually the rice is safety), Marketing. and Food shipped to Canada in.the dehul- Aid; Processing, . Distributing, led form and is-,.milied and . Retailing, and Consumer Con- packaged in Canada. * “cems, - _i 3ddition to the’ devaluation UBC Scientists Get: $366,200 Research Grant g -Most of the” rice. used by pects af me conference fishermen. marketing ‘processors, distributors Rice | rice T ises and retailers. gavemments, con: of the Canadian dollar and infla- tion in the United States pushing up the price of rice. the situation is ‘aggravated by lower output in the United States. Over the past three years there has been a decline in the’ United States acreage devoted to rice and lower yields in the crops that were Town, _ ; Globally. there has been a record crop of rice.this year. due in the main to large crops’ in countries that do nat export their rice. Thailand, which is.a rice exporting country, has also ex- perienced Jower yields than usual. The food ststem = and. its suppliers now employ ane in four Canadians. the processiny indus- try alone has more than 200.000 workers, Cunada is one of the few countries in the world which produces more food *than- ils population consumes.’ If the ine dustry is ta continue to supply jobs. income, from sales of food abroud. and emergency supplies in times of famine’ and ‘natural disasters, then the whole food system and government have to co-gperate ta improve perfar- mance. “We could save alot of wasted effort in Canada’s foad system if we'd make more of an ‘attempt to understand each others views, positions and interests," said June Menzies. Vice Chair of the Anti-Inflation Board speak- ing lo Calgary-area food retail- rs. benefit from more knowledge about haw the food system oper: ates. More understanding about the whole process would help eliminate consumer suspicion of food processors and retailers.** fer Energy Enivronment,. Pollution And Oceanography | - Sixteen National Research special research in’ energy, Council grants totalling environmental toxicology taiver have been awarded and oceanography. . iversity of British The NRC 1 set aside ' $2.4 Pelumbia’ ‘sclentists for Talllion for “strategic rants, ” Gov't studies layoffs. ' “OTTAWA Labour ; ‘Minister John Murno today © ternational Woodworkers of America; “and: Charles ‘inter: tor university research in three areas. of Canadian ”” and received more ihan 450 requests for funds. Only 83 grants were ap- ; eee including the 16 to _ UBC faculty. One oat the UBC recipients, - plant science professor ’ Victor Runeckles, will head a research group that has Tecelved $35,000 to study the Bride; RL. Chase ; (oceanography) $13,300: Heavy metal enrichment in deepsea’ sediments, with J:W, Murray and E.V. Grill; -P.H. Leblond. . (oceanography) $4,500 Numerical studies of the Fraser River plume; LA. Mysak (Mathematics) $10,800 “Most of us would also. Deflation citation nomination for wna’ Sask. employees A nomination tor a Deflation Citation was received this week from Wynyard, Saskatchewan. The employees af Crawfords Foods. a pouliry . eviscerating plant in Weavan, have agreed to anew contniet which grants them fe compensation increase at the -time of signing, Wages may be -- adjusted ‘at the end of May and the end of. September ty agcane modate changes in-the cost of living since January. 1978. . “The employees ure aware of the staté of the industry and this was. their answer to one of the problems, rising costs,”* said Mr, . Crawford. . The workers, who number us “many as 300 during peak times. are for the most part members af - . the Retail. Wholesale and De-. panment Store Union. Crawfords Foods ‘produces more than half the eviseerated poultry products of. the province. supplying: por- tion lots for fast food chains and pre-couked products marketed in . all pars of Canada, * Nomination submitted by Mrs. -¥.J.° Goodman, News Editar, Wynyard Advance. CITY FOR SALE by Henry Aubin, James -Lorimer and Co, Ltd., Toronto. Published in January, 1978. Who reaily owns our cities? The ‘ Rothschilds? The Imperial Hapsburgs? The Vatican? Benstar and -Trizec? Focussing on the development of one Canadian ‘eity, Montreal, this hard-hitting analysis lays bare the facts about the individuals, cor- porations and dynasties which organize and '. finance the growth of all major North American and western: European cities, Aubin’s expose is based on almost two years of careful research. He sifted through musty files for hundreds of hours and interviewed more than - 400 people-in six countries to unearth all the essential information on the land development - firms. and corporate capital which determine ‘and profit from Canada’s urban landscape. His : study has been acclaimed by urban activists and Book Tells Who Owns Our Cities readable,” Already the No. 1 non-fiction bestseller in Quebec, this book is an eye-opener for readers all across Canada. Aubin’s lucid’ and ‘substantial - report ranges from money being laundered through Liechtenstein and Switzerland to the ultimate heights of corporate power. He also examines all the major land development firms in Canada, including Trizec, Genstar and Cadillac-Fairview.. , Henry Aubin is a graduate of Harvard University and a former reporter for the Washington Post. The series of articles — published in the Montreal Gazette — which - formed the basis for City for Sale won Aubin his seoond National Newspaper Award and a record- ‘setting third consecutive National Business Writing Award. announced the establish. Perreault, a Montreal long-term effects of air Probléms in dynamical developers, by leftists and rightists, b: Bey a Commission of consultant, read of te polltants on B.C. a orem eae federalists ‘and separatiats by anal and large By THE CANADIAN PRESS iq 0 y the issue of ‘a former pr t of the an environmen arson : . a tana ene Gael Patoon oh al, al te, rome tl Brenan do ftiecria tne fara 24%, Sure Gut amimetae eh, ee, research operative in a. ae Tax Act of t in breeder labour jurisdiction. . In the | interests of emphasis has been on high- the biology of the northern - financier and.a target ‘of.Aubin’s investigation, ruled the Income Tax Act 3 need ed betore then was. one ‘Commission members mitigating adverse effecta of level exposoure to air northeast Pacific Ocean.re .- praises the book: “Fascinating reading... So years ago today—in 1805— per cent onnincomes higher Bi chairman, a A.W.R. redundancies and layoffs in oeenin epecially ta the Food web and rrewable often one is tremendously criticised on ill- andthemoney thathad been than $3,000. The Canadian lawyer 'and experienced will study the f ay tes Ieee is known bent chionio, Scevuroes, s BArvestable informed pieces of gossip or stories, but (City for