HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-02-10, Page 6f AGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988.
HFA seeks
county
grant
With townships switching from
a levy system to a grant system of
supporting the activities of the
Federation of Agriculture over the
years the Federation has been left
short of money, representatives of
the farm group told Huron County
Council Thursday as they asked the
county to pick up the loss in
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Chris Palmer, of East Wawa-
nosh, first vice-president of the
Huron County Federation of Agri
culture explained to councillors
that under the old levy system
townships would add an extra
portion of tax to each farm to
finance local Federation work.
Because of the complexity of the
calculations involved, townships
switched to a more convenient
grant system but the grants
haven’t kept up with costs. If the
levy system was in place, he said,
$16,870 would be raised for
Federation work. Grants bring in
$6,000. He asked the councillors to
consider making up the difference.
He pointed out that the local
federation is a voluntary group
with only the secretary being paid.
Directors do not get per diems and
usually don’t even turn in their
phone bills, he said. He estimated
his own phone bill at $200-$300
annual on Federation business.
Neighbouring counties of Bruce
and Perth give grants to their
county Federations he said.
Asked by Lionel Wilder, Reeve
of Hay, aboutthefact that there are
1,625 members of the Federation
in Huron each paying a $100
membership for a total of more
than $160,000, Mr. Palmer ex
plained that only $5 of the $100 fee
stays in the county. The rest of the
fee goes to support the work of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
which fights for farmers at the
provincial and federal levels. The
grant from the county would stay in
the county for its own work, he
said.
ClaurenceRau, Reeve of Stanley
township asked about the status of
a proposal for a compulsory
membership for all farmers in the
province. Mr. Palmer said the
proposal is in the hands of Jack
Riddell, Minister of Agriculture.
The OF A and the Christian
Farmers Federation had united in
asking for the plan he said. With
two-thirds of farmers getting the
benefits of farm organizations
which are being paid for by the
other third it was unfair, he said.
The money from the compulsory
fee could be directed to a group of
the farmers’ choosing or to a pool if
the farm supported non of the
organizations involved.
Mr. Palmer outlined some of the
concerns of the HFA including
waste management, erosion, poll
ution on local waterways some of
which is caused by farm factors,
the provincial right-to-farm legis
lation and income tax changes. He
said Finance Minister Michale
Wilson seems to be out for blood
with his tax proposal for farmers.
He seems to be trying to catch
doctors and lawyers who write off
the costs of their hobby farms
against off-farm income but in the
process is nurting legitimate farm
ers, Mr. Calmer said.
The request for a grant for the
HFA was referred to the Executive
Committee of council.
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