The Rural Voice, 1978-07, Page 35Huron OFA
directors react
to tax shelving
(Staff report)
The June decision by Ontario Treasurer
Darcy McKeough to shelve property tax
reform proposals got various reactions
from the Huron directors of OFA and
members of the Federation of Agriculture.
The Huron Federation had opposed the
OFA's proposal that food producing land
be tax exempt and that farmers only pay
taxes on their homes and the small acreage
of land around them.
The Rural Voice asked Huron directors
to the OFA and Huron members of their
reactions to dropping the tax reform
proposal for now and what they thought the
OFA and the HFA should do about it.
Merle Gunby, vice president of the
Huron Federation and director from North
West Huron to OFA said that at Board of
Directors meeting in Toronto the OFA had
decided to reconsider its position.
"I think my position on the OFA policy is
fairly well known. 1 feel that the OFA policy
was a good one."
He added that he felt the opportunity to
declare agricultural land tax exempt is one
that should be pursued.
Maurice Bean, director for central West
Huron who was interviewed before the
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THE RURAL VOICE/JULY 1978. PG. 35