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To: Enigma who wrote (49437)	2/22/2000 7:09:00 AM
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OT(perhaps not?) Canada farm group takes govt to task for Prairie woes By Irene Marushko WINNIPEG, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Canada's 11,000-member National Farmers Union on Thursday told the Canadian government to stop blaming the European Union and start blaming large corporations for the deep financial crisis on Prairie farms. ``They're (Canada's government) are going to have to make sure some sort of competition exists,' NFU vice-president Fred Tait told reporters in Winnipeg. The NFU released a study stating the government's favorite excuse for low commodity prices -- overproduction resulting from heavy subsidies by the EU to its producers -- was incorrect. ``There is no evidence that had the EU not supported its farmers that its production today would be lower or the income crisis less severe,' Tait said. Some 300,000 farms on Canada's Prairie provinces (cont) biz.yahoo.com