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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2002-04-10, Page 1011 -TME NINON 11%.08ITO8, April 25, 2001 NOTICE For tie convenience of our clients SEAFORTH VETERINARY CLINIC will be open THURSDAY EVENINGS by appointment only . Please call for appointments 519-527-1760 Weed & pest control Fertilizer application 1t 100% Organic Fertilizer Call for early booking information by April 30th Jack Lubbers Call 527-0582 FARM DRAINAGE A.G. HAYTER CONTRACTING LTD. RA. 3 Parkhill 519•238.2313 Glenn Hayter Residence 238-6968 Grant Hayter Residence 235-4507 Allen Hayter Residence 238-2881 DR:-1IN:IGF PROFESSIO\.ILS SINCE 1967 News McGuinty blasts Throne Speech for no `single mention' of agriculture By Tim Cumming Goderich Signal -Star Editor Ontario's leader of the Opposition, Dalton McGuinty, was in Huron County on Thursday night, shortly after hearing the Throne Speech made in the Ontario Legislature. The Ontario Liberal leader was in Holmesville for a Liberal fundraising dinner. The fact the event took place on the day of the Throne Speech was coincidental. McGuinty had no kind words for Ontario Premier Mike Harris and his Throne Speech. "There wasn't a single mention of agriculture in today's Throne Speech," he said. The industry's importance should have been recognized, said McGuinty, if not for the impact it has on farm families then at least for its Ontario liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty speaks at a fundraising dinner in Holmesville. party held a `thinker's conference' with speakers from across the political spectrum. "I don't care if ideas are coming from the right or the left, I just care about good ideas." He said Harris is a leader whose only problem -solving tool is a hammer. "When you've just got a hammer, all your problems look like nails," said McGuinty, quoting an old adage. The Grit chief charged that Mike Harris was opening the door to two-tier health care when he said the federal government was `too narrow in its terms of reference' in a study on the health care system. The Ontario Liberal leader blasted Harris for firing nurses as the province now faces a nursing shortage. McGuinty repeatedly used the word `balance' on Thursday night. He said his government was not making a choice between tax cuts and social programs but wants a balance of both. He blasted Harris for seeking $4.5 billion in tax cuts by the end of his mandate. "Some of that money, invest into smaller classes for our children, expanding our medical school programs," he said. McGuinty's speech was of a populist nature, as he referred to the financial struggles his grandmother faced. He even, at times, spoke with an Irish lilt, perhaps picked up during a recent trip to Ireland. 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McGuinty criticized Harris for rejecting the advice of his own commission by not acting on an Ontario task force's recommendations to solve the extracurricular teaching impasse. Three quarters of Ontario high school students no longer have in -school extracurricular programs, he said. The Liberal leader denied he is someone who only opposes what the government is doing. He said he has "broken all records for the leader of the Opposition" in terms of making new policy proposals. Those new proposed policies include an increase in the number of medical school spaces and a ban on partisan advertising. He said the Ontario Liberal Bylaw puts limits on livestock units By Scott Hiigondorff Expositor Editor A bylaw that puts temporary controls on the size of new livestock operations in McKillop and Grey Wards of Huron East was passed at council's April 17 meeting after a brief cautionary presentation by Keith McMillan, an employee of Acre T Farms. The bylaw limits the number of animal units to 300. "As an interim, I don't feel that that is a particular problem," said McMillan. However, he is concerned that once environmental concerns are addressed, council may still keep a lower restriction on the number of animals a producer can have. "It is a concern you are going to leave some people unable to get into agriculture," McMillan said. He said the limits do not leave enough room for a new producer to be able to opevete a profitable business. He said the only way to be profitable is to have larger operations, the same way business went in the direction of box stores like the Home Depot and Wal-Mart. "Farming will have to go the same way," he said. "I'm concerned with the numbers you are putting into this that you aren't handcuffing people getting into agriculture." ' However, Deputy Mayor Bernie MacLellan said the trend for farms to operate with economies of scale, like the box stores, did not take into consideration water quality. He said that was why an interim bylaw was needed. Council has put the bylaw in place, similar to one passed by the former Tuckersmith Township to restrict any new operations until a more detailed plan for nutrient management is in place. Council is waiting for word from either the provincial or county level on what standards are needed to protect water quality in relation to large scale farming operations. "If the numbers can be higher, I don't think anyone here is opposed to higher numbers," said MacLellan.