Winnipeg Free Press

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29512 29336 29397 Small Capeto 16318 16239 16262 036 so stocks 92326 90969 91220 472 100 stocks 90106 88763 89041 321 canola futures closed mainly higher at the Winnipeg commod Ity Exchange prices were Down Early in the with new sea Sonal lows set in the first five months the weak Start was attributed to Fol Low through Selling from Fri those losses were with fresh com Mercial demand helping to turn the Price direction commission houses were steady buyers once prices began moving Only the july contract remained on the pressured by Long liquidation because it is the spot flaxseed contracts closed mostly lower in Light floor sources said some of the weak tone reflected realignment verses canola values in the Wake of fridays developments when flaxseed prices Moyed opposite of the july contract managed to move higher despite the soft Western Barley values moved with some weakness linked to the defensive tone displayed by the Corn locals were the main Sellers throughout the new con tract lows were established across the feed wheat prices closed with losses in nearby contracts countered by gains in the deferred nearby prices Sank to new contract lows on general absence of demand and Lack of bullish Grain futures prices retreated on the Chica go Board of continuing a downward slide caused by expectations for record crops amid excellent grow ing soybean futures prices were Naftal a Boon to Economy show say critics associated press Washington persuade Nancy that the dilemma president Bill Clin tons administration faces As it pre pares to paint a glorious picture of the benefits to the Economy in the three years since a free Trade Deal was signed with Mexico and the White House talks of booming Export Low unemployment and a competitive United confidently facing the challenges of the 21st Cen Dewent talks of her manufacturing Job disappearing to mex where a worker will do what she has done assemble swing line Brand staplers for Only 50 cents an the company told us in May that they were shutting the Plant 408 Union people will lose their we were said i have been at the Plant for 19 i am too old to Start Over and too Young to the factory has turned out staplers in for 75 years but owner acc Usa said by moving to mex Ico it will save million mostly in cheaper labour from lumber Mill workers in Alaska to cabinetmakers in West the labor department As of last month had certified persons who have lost their jobs because of and that total misses Many people who do not bother to apply for Naftal opponents they put the total at based on calculations linked to a quadrupling of Trade deficits with Mexico and says the Clinton adminis it will argue in a report expected by weeks end Overall deficits with Canada and Mexico Are influenced by Many factors beyond such As Mexico severe peso crisis two years the said officials who have seen will contend booming exports to Mexico and which Are growing at a faster rate than the rest of the actually have resulted in an increase of Impact overstated both sides Are overstating Taftas private economists the Trade Deal has had a negligible Impact on the number of said Jeffrey Schott of the Institute of International Naftal is such a Small part of the Story of what is going on in labour for one Naftal simply accelerated trends already two Way Trade Between the United states and Mexico has been growing rapidly Ever since the late 1980s when Mexico began lowering Trade in More powerful such As the Federal reserves interest rate determine the level of employment in the United not Trade economists one of the most comprehensive stud produced by economist Raul Hino Josa of the University of California at los found Naftal produced a near Zero net Impact on employ ment its first three and even with a sharply increasing Trade deficit Over the last three employment growth stripped All other in Taftas three million new jobs Haye been created on Ayer age each year and million jobs Haye been leaving net Job creation at the administration argues rising exports have accounted for one out of eight net new jobs created since but opponents believe they can win a fall congressional Battle Over Naftal the folks who once said Naftal would generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs have now fallen Back to saying it is or not too bad either said Lori director of Ralph naders Public citizen Trade the Burden of she rests with getting Grain to port quickly priority in Ottawa by James Mccarten Canadian press Canadian newspaper association association Ca Nadienne Pes Jour Aux Richard president and chief executive officer of the Canadian newspaper association is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne to Khawaja to the position of Kothawala joins the Cna from the Canadian restaurant food services association where she served As director of provincial she worked As a consultant at in the Canadian newspaper association Cna represents 101 Canadian Duniy newspapers English and French with circulations ranging from to More than per membership represents 99 of the More than million copies of newspapers distributed daily i treat yourself to by 36 month smart lease Owr it Tami fallen Yew 674 Portage 1st payment and required plus a with Down t Calgary Ottawa urgently needs to figure out How to get Canadian Grain to port faster before International trading partners Start looking elsewhere for their sup the new agriculture minister said Lyle Vanclief said he plans to sit Down with transportation minister David wheat Board minis Ter Ralph Goodale and stakeholders to Hammer out a solution to a problem that is costing Prairie Farmers we dont have much Choice but to fix it incredibly better than it was last Vanclief customers Only go Back to the shop a limited number of times before they Start finding alternate we know weve got the we know weve got the Quality and we know weve got the its mind boggling to think we cant the ministers have yet to set a Date for the bad a Lack of rail cars and what some Farmers consider a poor performance by the railways brought movement of Western Canadian grains and oilseed to a near standstill last Winter a crisis Vanclief said the Industry cant afford to the whole review of the transportation situation and regulations in Western Canada is he but whats very urgent is a game plan that can be followed out for delivery of that product for our customers this weve got the Quality but when the product int delivered and there Are lost Buck stops at the Goodale suggested earlier this when he was still agriculture that a system of rewards for timely deliveries and penalties for late ones May be one answer to the but there was no mention of that Vanclief was in Calgary to announce plans to pay million to about Alberta Farmers who missed out on Federal financial Relief doled out in 1995 when Ottawa ended the Crow Western Canadas largest Grain transportation Farmers who were growing feed or during the Western Grain transition program were not Eli Gible for the billion in payments that were compensation for decreased land there was quite a spirited discus Sion on whether forage acreage should be included in the acreage for the distribution of the Vanclief some people were saying i used to be a Grain producer and now Ive switched to growing forages on that land and i dont there was a considerable debate on that Here in the payment comes out of million already allocated to Alberta As part of a compan Ion fund Ottawa Calls the arable acres supplementary payment protesting Farmers plead guilty Canadian press Branon seven of 11 Farmers charged following a Cross order protest Over Grain exports pleaded guilty the charges were Laid after farm ers trucked Grain into the United states last year without obtaining Canadian wheat Board Export the Farmers were protesting the boards monopoly Over Canadian Grain Canada customs seized their trucks when they but some farm ers drove off in the in five Farmers pleaded guilty to failing to provide a permit and removing sewed vehicles from Cus be sentenced then face additional two Farmers pleaded guilty to us Tom related charges and were handed suspended sentences with two years probation four others pleaded not guilty and had their cases two other people were charged with new counts and appeared in court they were the owner of a Saskatchewan trucking company and a j2th Farmer they both pleased guilty to counselling employees to fail to pro vide Export permits and to remove vehicles from Canada also tie sentenced ;