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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-04-06, Page 13Nest time you're in town, call on the Commerce manager. Ask him about the Commerce Farm Services he has for cash crop farmers. He'll be pleased to explain • how short term credit works at the Corrirterce to cover your need for seed, fuel, fertilizer and herbicides. And while you're at it, ask him to explairilo you the other Commerce Farm Services he has. After,,41,..that's why the Commerce haS Commerce Farm Services-to help you with the-business 'of farming. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 6, 1977 ,13 sk comments on planning: ..policy The government of Ontario has ssued guidelines to help itmicipal councils and planners reserve all the province's better and for future food production. Agriculture and Food Minister illiam G. Newman called the green paper" a framework of government policy. He invited municipalities, farm organiza- Ions and others to comment on it tiring the next six months before he guidelines become official overnment policy. The government sees the final guideli Iles being incorporated in all local, county and regional fficial plans to give agricultural oncerns high priority in planning (By Murray Gaunt, M . P. po This week the Speech from the hrone opened the new egislative session in Ontario. It as one of the longest throne peeches in history, and•touched` finest every. point that has been n issue or could become an issue i an election this year, There were promises of jobs for iempioyed youth, more services or senior citizens, better benefits or injured workers, a pledge of a eaner environment, and ncentives for builders of rental easing. All in all there will be 67 pieces f legislation to accomplish the mention of the Government. More money for French ltiguage instruction, a new type probationary driver's licence, nrinued rent control, and help or small businesses were all ajor ingredients of the Throne perch, The probationary driver's. cam would place. new drivers n a two-year probation period, uring which they would lose lying privileges if they cumulated demerit points for lain traffic offences. In the field of small business, e Ontario Government has ledged the formation of an dvisory committee on small usiness as well as a .,small usiness management evelopment program and an xpansion of assistance to small isinesscs from the Ontario velopment Corporation. The tourist industry was ngled out for increased vernment aid. Greater emotional activities for cations in Ontario are planned. ourism employs more than 0,000 people in Ontario. The increased assistance rough the 0.D.C, will take the rm whereby firms anywhere in itario with fewer than 100 iployces will be able to borrow to $200,000. at rates below the vernment's own cost of trowing. proposed new Ontario law venting support payments iti arriage breakup limits the erit to which COUrts. can , sidet an applicant's conduct in aking an award; Under a new version of the 411-13' Law Reform Bill reduced in the legislature this, ek, a court may :pay Attention ly to the fact that one spouse is habiting with another person er separation,- er to conduct by d_ spouse which is "ah obVioits• d gross repudiation of the ationship." the new bill, the OCVdtilitiClit s hackedaway from a ' pt'OVIstoti ng. obligations betWeeii for a large population growth expected by the end of the century. Local planning decisions are subject to government approval, and the guidelines stress the need to protect not only land already being cultivated but good potential farm land. "The trends of the, market place, of supply and demand, determine how much land is actually in agricultural production at any particular time," says the policy paper, "Our land use policies and planning must assure that as much as possible of the land area with the capability for agriculture is kept available for common law spouses after two years of cohabitation. They now must live together for five years. farming when needed." The guidelines, establish priorities based on the Canada Land Inventory's soil grades. But they also give high priority to areas with a high capability for specialty crops such as fruit orchards or tobacco, and other areas where marketing conditions or other considerations "ensure' agricultural viability where it might pot otherwise exist." While recognizing that Ontario's urban growth must continue, the guidelines provide measures to divert development to less valuable land and minimize its 'impact on agriculture. - Designating high-priority agrictiltural lands in official plans to permit only farming or uses compatible with farming. - Designating land of lesser agricultural priority where a broader range of alternate uses may be permitted, but only as spelled out in the plan. - Setting policies to ensure that disruption of farming by utility and communication lines is kept to a minimum. Adopting the provincial. Agricultural Cpde.of Practice and its minimum distance separation formula for keeping farm operations and rural residences a reasonable distance apart. - Placing new emphasis on planning for hamlets and villages to decide which one should be encouraged to grow, and how, - Establishing buffer zones between urban and agricultural areas to avoid "strip develop- ment" next door to farming. The. boundary between urban and rural . areas is the scene of growing concern for a stable, healthy agricultural industry, the green paper warns. - .Refining boundary definitions to show definite staging that will indicate the direction .and extent of future urban growth, the rate at which it will occur and the time limits within which agriculture can occupy the area as an interim use. - Establishing criteria :14" granting severances the separation of parcels of land from farm lots . The guidelines spell out ways to ' discourage severances 'for non-farming purposes and divert rural-resi- dential development away from prime land. the still cer. Just :ggs ;) he .dn't Ices. any 1. ight, steel ;e of .s then Id go nit it be with N we d he ire time, peals Ick of dived ttario get ppeal INIIP P .P . reports Speech from throne geared to election WEEKLY SALE BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD. EVERY FRIDAY At 12 Noon Phone 887-6461 — Brussels, Ont.