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Huron Expositor, 2016-04-06, Page 1112 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Water projects reach milestone Jim Ginn, Chairman of the Huron County Water Protec- tion Steering Committee, made an historic announce- ment at the Huron County Water Protection Steering Committee meeting in Hol- mesville on Friday, April, 1. He shared with those in attendance that the Huron County Clean Water Project has achieved the mark of pro- viding grants that have helped to fund 2,000 water - quality improvement projects completed by Huron County landowners, residents, and community groups. The County of Huron funds the Huron Clean Water Pro- ject. The Maitland Valley and Ausable Bayfield conserva- tion authorities provide ser- vice delivery. To recognize the success of the County of Huron, and its residents, to date, the conservation authority presented the county with a shovel marking 2,000 projects completed in the county, by people of the county, with county support. These were the words accompanying this commemorative presen- tation marking 'shovels in the ground' and projects completed on the ground: "Presented to the County of Huron, by the Maitland Val- ley and Ausable Bayfield conservation authorities, in recognition of 2,000 water quality improvement pro- jects completed on the ground by landowners, resi- dents, and community groups through grant sup- port from the Huron County Clean Water Project. April 1, Holmesville, Ontario." Contributed Shown in photo, from left to right, in honour of this achievement by the County of Huron and the people of the county, are: Susanna Reid, Planner, Huron County; Rachel White, Stewardship Coordinator, Huron Stewardship Council; Neil Vincent, county councillor and member of the Huron County Clean Water Project (HCCWP) Project Review Committee; Dave Pullen, Forest Conservation Officer; Paul Gowing, Warden, Huron County; Jack Kroes, Project Review Committee member; Kate Monk, Manager of Stewardship, Land and Education with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA); Doug Hocking, Water Quality Specialist, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA); and Jim Ginn, county councillor and Chairman, Huron County Water Protection Steering Committee. Not in photo is Ben Van Diepenbeek, county councillor and Chairman, Project Review Committee. 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For MP Lobb this is too much to ask of his constituents. "That is a staggering num- ber," Lobb told The News over the phone, "and citizens should be alarmed." There is no need for that much debt to be piled on the citizens, he said, since the country is currently experi- encing a modest growth. "I think many of us in the Conservative party antici- pated it to be a bad budget," he said. Not only is it bad for Can- ada, he added, but it's bad for Huron -Bruce. "There is nothing in the budget for small businesses," he said, adding that one would be hard pressed to find the word "job" any- where in the 271 -page document. MP Lobb then said Dan APRIL 15TH - 17TH The Tiny g 40 1977-2016 Home & Celebratin House Garden She Sheds LON DON SPRING Marketplace HOME &GARDEN Plant Sale Design Centre Flower Show tY,$ FANSHAWE Gardening & Idea Stages Great Prizes Porky's Grilling & Entertaining Exhibitor Profile Book FREE with admission While supply lasts. 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The budget also lacks vision when it comes to the agricultural sector, Lobb said. "[Huron -Bruce's] tradi- tional economy is agriculture, and there is nothing in there for agriculture," he said. Lobb said Huron -Bruce families will see a significant difference in their tax returns from next year compared to this year due to the elimina- tion of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit and Children's Arts Tax Credit from the 2016 budget. While some critics have argued that the elimination of these credits will free up money for larger programs with greater effects, Lobb said they will hurt local families. "I'm not going to make any ringing endorsement of it," he said of the budget as a whole. Concerning military, the relocation of almost $4 bil- lion in capital spending from this sector should be trou- bling to the public, said Lobb. Parents of young men and women in the Canadian mil- itary expect them to be safe and be armed with the best equipment, Lobb said, and these "huge cuts" renege on that promise. Lobb said the Conserva- tive government spent the last 10 years rebuilding its military, and that the public needs to put pressure on the Liberal government to rein- vest in its armed forces. He then called back to 2002 when the Liberal gov- ernment sent Canadian mili- tary personnel to Afghani- stan in green fatigues. "We don't want to go back to that," Lobb said. The only aspect of the budget Lobb endorsed was the $3.4 billion increase to Guaranteed Income Supple- ment that will take place over the next five years, which aims to help at -risk seniors. "Unfortunately for them, any increase they will see will be taken back," Lobb said, due to increases in the cost of electricity and taxes, which will make it "hard for seniors to stay ahead." Overall, Lobb called it a "bad budget" "At this point in time I would give it a thumbs down, for sure," he said, and it represents "more broken promises from the Liberal campaign." "We'll see how everything works out in the next year," Lobb said.