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Times-Advocate, 1988-05-18, Page 22Page 6A Times -Advocate, May 18, 1988 By MURRAY CARDIFF MP Huron -Bruce OTTAWA - On Monday May 2, 1988 a,votable motion introduced by the Member of Parliament for Kitchener - John Reimer, was agreed to in ttic House of Com- mons. The motion in a nutshell urged that the Constitution Act of 1982 should be amended in order to include property rights for Canadi- ans. For a number of years, many citi- zens groups:and individual Canadi- ans have. lobbied for- the entrench- ment of property rights in; the Stewardship CLINTON - P,resently we have received over 400 applications for the land stewardship program. Ap- plications dated March 6 or earlier have been processed. As the program budget is very limited, not all applications will be received completely approved. The application will be conditionally approved after our budget is allocat- ed, with the idea that as- some ap- plicants fail to meet their goals, more money will come back into the program. -The money will then be allotted as originally stated, first come, first served. Due to the volume of applica- tions, not all applicants will have received notification of their stand- ings by this time. Even if you ha- ven't received'this notification, you must have an inspection following completion of a project. If you complete any 'projects eligible and applied for them under the Land Stewardship program please inform the Huron County OMAF office as the inspection should be done as soon as possible. • Brent Kennedy Senior Soil Conservation Advisor for Huron County I roducers vote on canola, beans ' TORONTO - Canola and colored bean growers will be asked to vote between May 17 and 30 on propo- sals made by their respective associ- ations, Jack Riddell, minister of ag- riculture and food announced today. The two separate votes will be conducted by the • Farm Products Marketing Commission by mail -in ballot. Both the Ontario Canola Growers' Association and the Ontario Co- loured Bean Growers' Association have asked to be designated as the representative associations for all Ontario producers of each commodi- ty under Section 13 of the Farm Products Marketing Act and for au- thority to collect fees on each tonne of commodity sold. The two associations want to in- crease and improve the marketing of their commodities. To obtain funds for that purpose, they propose a mandatory, non-refundable fee on each tonne of commodity sold by growers. Ballots will be mailed by the On- tario Farm Products Marketing Commission -on May 17 to all known growers of the two com- modities. Other growers can obtain a balloi through their local OMAF office. All returned ballots must be post- marked no later than May 30, 1988. Deadline here .for rate rebate CcrtIrri Fivport Property Rights passes through parliament Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Many provincial bodies and governments had also expressed to the federal government their commitment to this goal. This vote in favour of the motion sends a strong signal to the First Ministers to place property rights alongside Senate Reform as a top priority in Constitutional discus- sions. The inclusion 'of property rightsconstitutes a constitutional amendment, and as such requires the approval of the federal government and seven provinces representing at least 50 percent of the Canadian population. An October 1987 Gallup Poll in- dicated that there is overwhelming public support for a Constitutional amendment to include property rights with 81 percent of Canadians agreeing that it is either "fairly" or "very" important. • During the last election cam- HENSALL paign, the Progressive Conservative party took the position that it sup- ported the entrenchment of property rights in the Charter. The enjoy- ment of property is protected'liy subsection 1(a) of the 1960 Canadi- an Bill of Rights. This right was not included in the 1982.Charter of Rights and Freedoms because some of the provinces wanted its en- trenchment to form part of ensuing negotiations for constitutional re- form. Various public -interest groups and associations including those representing women, natives and civil libertarians, had indicated op- position to the inclusion of proper- ty rights in the Charter. This is why the government has held dis- cussions with the advisory Council on the Status of Women. The motion was carried with the NDP and two Liberal members vot- ing against it. FIDDLING JAMBOREE - Debbie Shaw, Karen Reed and Gerry Smith tune Fiddlers Jamboree sponsored by the Exeter Agricultural Society. up ready to go on stage at Sunday's SOYBEANS & WHITE BEANGROWERS DID That you can get your Total N,P,K, and YOU Chemicals custom KNOW applied at one time? Total Blend of Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash and Chemical being uniformly applied 5 LIQUID TERRAGATORS CAN GET THE JOB DONE FOR YOU FAST!!! TORONTO - May 18 is the dead-' line for farmers to apply for the sec and year of the Ontario Family Farm Interest Rate Rebate (OF- FIRR Plus) program. The three-year program can reduce interest rates on farm loans to as low as eight percent on as much as S360,000 worth of both operating and long-term debt. In its second program year, OF- FIRR Plus continues to pay rebates at 100 percent, as it did in the first year. Applications for the program's second year.must be received by Wednesday, May 18, 1988 and must contain the required support- ing documentation. Benefits are paid to eligible applicants in the form of interest rebate cheques. Program brochures and applica- tions forms arc available at all min- istry offices. The final program year of OF- FIRR Plus, which provide coverage at 40 percent as announced when the program was introduced, begins September 1, 1988 and farmers may apply for benefits at any time after that date up until May 18, 1989. modities. Other growers can obtain a ballot through their local OMAF office. All returned ballots must be post- marked no later than May 30, 1988. , I FLUID BLEND ADVANTAGES All broadcast NPK fertilizer and chemicals applied in just one application Reduce or eliminate amount of starter fertilizer used in planter Eliminate additional trips over field with fertilizer spreader and sprayer Uniform distribution of plant nutrients means getting maximum efficiency from your fertilizer and increased yields Applied fertilizer cultivated into root zone Least soil compaction Save valuable time and money by reducing trips over field FLUID BLEND FERTILIZER = TOP YIELDS HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE Hensall 262-3002 1-800-265-5190