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undertaken a study intos the
effects of foreign ownership
of land,
Professors. Julius Mage ,
(Geography) and George
Brinkman (agricultural eco-
nomics) presented the re-
sults of the first phase
complete with a map indi-
cating amount and distri-
bution of foreign and absen-
tee ownership.
Although land may be
foreign owned there may be
BY RHEA HAMILTON
lt is not just foreign
ownership that farmers in.
Huron Cottnty have to be
wary of but absentee owner-
ship.
The completion of the first
phase of a study into foreign
ownership was presented to
the Huron Federation' of
Agriculture Thursday eve,
ning. At a request from the
federation, the Rural. Devel-
opulent Outreach Project has
BY MURRAY GAUNT
A bill that provides for
mandatory union dues .check-
Off was introduced in the
Ontario Legislature this week
by Labour Minister. Robert
Elgie.
The bill also gives employ:.
ers the power to call a
supervised vote on the, -last
contract offer before or after
the beginning of a strike or
lockout.
Dr. Elgie said that the bill
also entitles all employees in.
a bargni"ing unit, whether or
not tl,ey Ire members of the
union, to participate in all
strike or. ratification..votes,
Union leaders in Ontario
described the amendments.
as a major gain, achieving
labour's long-sought goal of
a dues checkoff from all
employees in a bargaining
unit.
The bill does not apply to
the construction industry or
to an employee who objects
a benefit, Prof. Brinkman
pointed out that the land
could be leased back to the
younger farmers or to farm-
ers' who wanted to expand
their operations but could not
afford the cost of buying
more land.
The first step in the study
involved making an inven-
tory of • land -affected. by.. all
absentee ownership through
researching township assess-
ment records and registry
!provincial projects in 1976,
but the Government decided
to wait and phase in mun-
icipal projects.
Under the regulations, all
municipal projects except
those costing less than $2
million will be covered by the
act. However, some projects
such as roads or waste
disposal sites, will come
under the act. regardless of'
cost.
The regulations will not be
applied to municipal projects
already under way if they
have received council ap-
proval or if the land has been
purchased for the project.
Daily camping fees in- On-
tario provincial parks will be
increased by fifty cents. beg-
inning June 16, Natural Res-
ources Minister James Auld
has announced.
At the new rates, campers
will pay $5.50 a night at
campgrounds with basic fac-
ilities, $6 a night at camp-
grounds with expanded com-
forts and $7.50 a night for
campsites with electricity.
The day-use vehicle entry
fee will remain the same at
$2. The fee increase is the
result of rising costs, Mr.
Auld said.
According to the statement
of the Minister, in past years
camping was restricted be-
fore and after the peak..
summer months because of
esckilating costs. But begin-
ning Labour Day this year,
more parks will now remain
open with limited facilities
and will charge a reduced
rate: $3 for a regular camp-
site and $4 for a campsite
with clectricitvl
By this Christmas, cam-
pers will be able to purchase
an annual camping pass for
the 1981 season, but Mr,
Auld's statement did not
include what this fee would
be.
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BARRY BUCHANAN
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GLENN McLEAN
887-8284
80X I136 0141,
office data. Four major
absentee farmland owner=TM
ship types were identified.
They are: foreign - anyone
living outside of Canada,'
,95%; On-Ontario Canadian
- living in Canada, but not
Ontatio, .1%; non-local Ont-
ario - living, within Ontario
but outside the township in,
whiCh the ,land:is located or
its adjacent townships,
3.8%; local urban - living in a
town, village or hamlet with-
in the township in which the
land is located or its adjacent
townships, 3.8%. The per-
centage figures indicate how
much county land is involved
in these categories.
There, were 43 foreign '
owners that could' be ident-
ified. Of those, 27 were
American and 16 were
classed as "other." Non-
American foreign owners
also tended to acquire par-
eels adjacent or in close
proximity to each other creat-
ing a cluStered effect. McKil-
lop, Tuckersmith, Turnberry
and East Wiwanosh had no
foreign ownership to date, as
opposed to Ashfield, Hay,
Howick and Stanley town-
ships Which had the greatest
concentration. Ashfield has
3.4% of its farmland foreign
owned.
On the other side of the
coin, land owned by non-
local Ontario type was four
times the amount of land
foreign owned. .
The greatest concentration
of land owned by non-local
Ontario types was in West
Wawanosh and Jurnberty
townships where 6.3% and .
9.3% of the assessed farm-
land were owned.
4' Each individual non-
resident group does not
control more arable land than
one would expect', the report
stated. "However the 'arable
land of foreign owned parcels
tends to be comprised mainly
of class 1 and 2 soils.
Questions from the floor
indicated members of the ,
federation had a particulat
interest in the, second part 'of'
the study that will be done
this summer.
Jack Riddelly, MPP for
Huron Middlesex; ,,com..
mentecl onthe lawyers be
has talked to who claimed
that they have never been so
busy with land transactions
as they are now. The new; bill
on foreign•ownership .befpre
the house this week, if'
Passed, would require farm-
land to be' registered and a
full disclosure made of
ownership and capital.
In the second phase repre-
sentatives from the. RDOP
will be interviewing people
renting the land and doing
more in-depth work into land
Ethel
management, .Members dis-
cussed having the field work-
ers talk to. the neighbours of
leased lands, as well as the
ones leasing the land. The
group also hopes to construct
a picture of land use with the
' aid of aerial photos as well as
questionnaires concerning
types of uses.and practises;
Leasing arrangements will ,
also be included in ' the
questionnaire. Murray Cul-
bert, president of the Hur94
township federation in Bruce
county remarked that in Ms
township there are 3,000
acres involved in foreign
ownership and cautioned
that farmers not be *naive
about the seriousness of the
• problem.
members present. We did
the 4 S Fitness Test which
included the 200 m sprint,
an obstacle course, static
hang, the standing long jump
and also sit ups.
Mrs. Ruby, Stepenson of
Hamilton visited with friends
in the village last week.
Mrs. Lee Allan Wardlaw is
spending a few days with'
Mrs. Douglas Wardlaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Lewis
of St. Pauls, Mrs. Eion
Davidson of Palmer, Sask,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gowing
visited with. Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Bray on ThursilaY.- '
on religious grotinds, . It
would apply only to. 'Collective
agreements renewed or
made after the day it comes
intolorce.
In the view of Dr, Elgie
and of union officials, the bill
should go a long way toward
averting strikes for a first
agreement.
Municipalities were -in-
cluded under the Environ-
mental Assessment Act this
week, -but it will be several
years before private industry
will have to meet the act's
regulations, Environment
Minister 'Harry Parrott has
announced.
Under the act, municipal-
ities will have to submit an
environmental impact study
on most projects, such as
municipal .buildings, waste
disposal sites, sewers or
roads, to the Environmental
Assessment Board for ap-
proval.
The act was applied to
Report from Queen's Park
Mandatory dues
check off introduced
Correspondent
PRISCILLA BRAY
887-6086
The Ethel W.I. organized a,
bus trip to Kitchener and 1
Milton on Wednesday.
The cancer collection for
Ethel was $563.90. Thanks to
all who helped.
The first meeting of the
Ethel II Outdoor Oddballs,
under the leadership of Mrs.
Joan Smith and Mrs. Isabelle
Pearson
The meeting' for the. Out-
door Living 4-H project, was
held at the home of Mrs.
Joa9 Smith. There were ten
Outdoor Oddballs :meet.