The Rural Voice, 1992-09, Page 76HURON
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642
• The Rural Voice is provided to all farmers
in Huron County by the HCFA.
Plan to attend Regional Meeting
The purpose of the Regional
Meeting to be held September 10/92 is:
• to elect delegates to attend annual
convention of OFA in Toronto on
November 23 - 25/92
• anyone who is an OFA member may
be elected as a delegate to their region
• to elect four (4) Regional
Directors for Huron county to serve the
four regions in the upcoming year.
• the four regions are:
Huron Northwest: Ashfield,
Colborne, Goderich, East and West
Wawanosh townships.
Present Director is Chris Palmer, R.R.
5, Wingham, 357-3385.
Huron Central: McKillop, Hullett,
Tuckersmith, Stanley.
Present Director is Jeanne Kirkby, Box
31, Walton, 887-6038.
Huron Northeast: Morris, Grey,
Howick, Tumbcrry.
Present Director: Heinz Claus, R.R. 1,
Fordwich, 335-6364.
Huron South: Usbome, Stephen, Hay.
Present Dircctor: Bob Down, R.R. 1,
Hensall, 235-2557.
At the Regional meeting the
delegates who go to Convention are the
four elected Regional Directors plus
three other delegates from each region.
Huron County Federaton of Agriculture
ANNUAL Meeting
Friday, October 2, 1992
BMG Community Centre, Brussels
Shirley Hazlitt
Slide Presentation of AALP trip to China
Social Time: 6:30 Dinner 7:00
Tickets available from any Director, or the
county office 482-9642. $12.00 each
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
REGIONAL MEETING
Thursday, September 10, 1992
Hullett School, Londesboro
8:00 p.m.
Speaker: Carl Sulliman
Chief Executive Director, OFA
Elections for Convention Delegates
at this meeting.
Convention is November 23 — 25/92
Note: Any resolutions intended for
Annual Convention must be in at the
September 10 meeting!
72 THE RURAL VOICE
The four Regional Directors attend
the OFA Board of Directors meetings
in Toronto every month and report
back to the county Board of Directors.
Come out on September 10 to
Londesboro to our Regional Meeting,
Carl Sulliman, OFA Chief Executive
Director, the guest speaker.0
Environmental Bill of Rights
The draft legislation recommended by members of a Task Force representing
business, environmental organizations, and the government — has been
completed and is being circulated for further government and public consultation.
The proposed Bill is designed to:
1. Force the Ontario government to take increased account of
environmental quality in its policy-making and administrative processes.
2. Allow the public a greater role in governmental decision making where
this is seen to affect environmental integrity.
3. Allow the public to initiate direct court action where the environmental
quality of "public resources" is seen to be in jeopardy, and
4. Protect employees who raise objections pertaining to the environmental
appropriateness of actions taken by employers.
Passage of the Bill, as presently drafted, would mean an increased necessity
for Ontario farmers to be able to provide a common defence against public -
initiated court actions which could be directed againt the activities of individual
producers using generally accepted modern agricultural practices, by "public
interest" groups. Farmers may face the possibility of opposition from public
interest groups funded by intervenor funding opposed to certain actions — for
example, drain construction and maintenance, or manure disposal facilities.
At the same time, farmers should not be seen as being opposed to reasonable
actions designed at environmental improvement.
To obtain a copy of the Overview of Task Force Report (10 pages) or the
Task Force Report (212 pages) write the Environmental Bill of Rights, Ontario
Ministry of Environment, 135 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, ON M4V 1P5 or
Phone 1-800-565-4860. The Minister of the Environment has asked for
comments on the proposed Bill of Rights.0
NOMINATION FOR THE HCFA AGRICULTURE AWARD
Every year, the Huron County Federation of Agriculture presents an
award to a person who has made a valuable contribution to agriculture.
If you have someone you would like to nominate, please fill out this form:
nominate:
Reasons for nomination:
Signature:
Send to: Huron County Federation of Agriculture, Box 429, Clinton,
Ontario NOM 1LO, or give to any Executive Member.