Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 10 Winnipeg free october 1981 legislators agree to probe floor Price for Grain by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa Canadian and american legislators who met last weekend in Washington have agreed on the Princi ple of setting up an International floor Price for they also want to work toward a pact which would prevent the two countries from undercutting each other on Price during weak says Lisgar my Jack who led the 10man All party Canadian Murta said Here yesterday that both groups will make separate proposals to set up special task forces or commit tees to hold hearings and develop the both delegations at the Washington talks included representatives of the upper and lower houses and All Politi Cal Murta said the Canadian proposal for a task Force is to be on senator Hazen argues desk within 10 he said minister responsible for the Canadian wheat is Likely comfortable with the idea and whether it comes to fruition will depend upon whether argue can sell it to the american led by South Dakota senator Larry a will try to set up a committee through Murta the two sides rejected As unworkable the idea of an International task but they Hope to Call before their committees International witnesses including representatives from Argen Tina and the two other major Grain trading with Canada and the at Odds Over everything from acid rain to in the Washington talks represent an unusual degree of Accord during a trying Murta delegates to the talks told Murta they expect the White House to oppose floor prices on principle they want the canadians to act first to give them an extra it is for the same reason that they want to act through Congress before approaching the executive if one administration or the other blocks were Back to Square one Murta said in an any Success would still be two years Down the the Manitoba Progress Ive conservative id like to see a task Force set up to report by the Spring of 1982 and a meeting with the americans during the summer of the proposal differs from earlier talks toward an International wheat agreement because it does not involve consumer countries and would not set a Range of minimum and maximum repeated talks toward an International wheat agreement have if it it will be the first time weve Ever gone this Murta the two sides say they face almost exactly the same problems and found their excluding land Point to them being in the same Range on costs of the Side is worried because sales by the Canadian wheat Board Are done in secret and they fear Price Canada and the together account for about 75 per cent of world Grain the talks were held under the auspices of the Inte Parlia Centary woolco Price set each woolco Price set woolco Price pair woolco Price each woolco Price each prices effective til october or while quantities 10 pm saturday 9 10 Garden City Josl Crossroads shopping Centre saturday ;