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Delegates hope to adapt Canadian
farming to dry conditions of Iran
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areas."
Yadghar added that both
Iran and Canada have
problems with migration
from rural to urban areas
and keeping young people
interested in traditional
agricultural jobs.
Mohammad Reza Fetovat,
a delegate from the Iranian
province of Kerman,
explained through translator
Behrang Foroughi that water
is the biggest difference
between farming in the two
countries.
"Heat here is a big issue
because you have to keep
the barns warm in the
winter, but we need water,
because there is no water to
irrigate the land."
He added that his province
has to import corn because
they don't have enough
water to grow it themselves.
Cummings explained that
Canada's rural areas are
more developed than Iran's
and that it's rare for farmers
to have roads, electricity and
modern conveniences
available to them.
"Most of our agriculture
activities in rural areas are
veryy small scale, but we do
have larger farms like the
Wallace's, just not on a
family basis," commented
Yadghar.
"Dairy farms are not very
common in Iran because
most of the country's
animals are used for meat,
which is one of our most
important foods."
The delegates, who are
heads of rural development
in their provinces,
participated in a week of
economic seminars before
prior to last week's tour of
four Ontario municipalities.
They arrived at the Huron
Business Centre around 10
a.m. An Iranian catered
lunch followed a tour of
Huron East council
chambers and Vincents Farm
Equipment.
After lunch, the bus tour
continued through Seaforth's
industrial park, to Wallace's
farm and then to Vanastra's
industrial park. Finally the
tour ended with a brief visit
to the Hensel] Co-op.
Jennifer Jackson photos
Iranian delegates toured the
Tuckersmith Jersey farm of
Bill Wallace last Tuesday,
collecting information and
pictures to take home to help
the agricultural and industrial
development of their own
country.
Fetovat said he especially
enjoyed talking with Huron
East Mayor Lin Steffler
during a question and
answer period in council
chambers.
"It was very informative,"
he commented.
"The mayor and
councillors were very warm
in their hospitality."
The delegates questioned
Steffler on the operations of
the municipal council and its
water system.
LaFontaine said in an
interview Friday that she
was pleased with the tour.
"I think they got a good
overall picture of Huron
East, but because time was
limited they couldn't see it
all," she commented.
"However, they did get to
see how our municipality
works with economic
development in a good
relationship and how
agriculture fits into that."
Besides Huron East, the
delegates also toured
Guelph, Niagara and
Wellington County before
leaving on Dec. 21.
Avoiding lawsuits
was aim of recent
liability workshop
By J.nnifor Jackson
Expositor Staff
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Huron East council learned how to avoid lawsuits during
their recent councillor liability workshop.
"We want to be as informed as possible, so we can make
good governance decisions to limit liability," explained
Seaforth Coun. Dick Burgess, who was a member of the
liability workshop planning committee responsible for
planning the Nov. 30 workshop.
"Basically we learned about being proactive to avoid
lawsuits."
Burgess said that he, McKillop Coun. Ferg Kelly and
Mayor Lin Steffler formed the organizational committee in
early October after becoming more "aware of the
seriousness of liability that councillors and municipal
employees face across the province" at an AMO meeting.
The workshop consisted of three main speakers: Nigel
Bellchamber, an expert on the new Ontario Municipal Act,
Doug Wyseman, a risk management consultant for St. Paul
group and Theresa McLenaghan, an environmental lawyer
and council for the Concerned Citizens of Walkerton.
"Speakers at most of the conferences that we attend
address big city needs," said Burgess.
"But this time the speakers and sessions were targeted to
the issues and problems important to our municipality."
Discussions included examples of liability issues that
other municipalities have experienced.
Burgess recalled one instance in LaSalle, near Windsor,
where a boy tripped over a hole in the ice at the local
arena, fell into the boards headfirst and was paralyzed for
life. The municipality was sued for having their ice too
thin and although the ice was thick enough, they ended up
losing the lawsuit because they couldn't prove it through
documentation.
"We can't predict against every eventuality or we would
never open our doors, but as councillors we have a certain
amount of liability. Documentation is very important,"
Burgess commented.
Because much of the presentation equipment was
borrowed, direct costs for the workshop were under
$1,000. Burgess said he hopes that more locally planned
workshops will be held in the future.
,In their report at council's Dec. 10 meeting, the
committee recommended that funding for future
workshops be included in the 2003 budget.
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