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The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture asked the
provincial government to
investigate ways to compensate
farmers when government land-
use decisions devalue farmland.
In its annual brief to the
cabinet, the Federation said it is
urgent that arable land be
preserved for farming, but not at
the farmers' expense.
The brief points out that
Ontario is loosing 26 acres of
arable farm land each hour.
OFA President Gordon Hill of
Varna says, "It is not only
farmers' incomes that depend on
pregerving farmland. How land is
regulated will also determine how
much food will be on supermarket
shelves in the future, and at what
price."
. The farm group contends that
locking land into farm use will
benefit all of society, 'and
therefore, the cost must be paid
by all of society.
The organization of. more than
21,000 farmers, asserts that
compensation is workable.
Reference was made to various
methods being tried in California,
Britain, and the Netherlands.
In recent months, the
Federation has urged the
government to separate and take
ownership of all development
rights ' on- Ontario land. In
exchange, land owners would be
given bonds equal to difference
between the market value of the
land before and after
development righ'is were
removed.
"We, in the Federation, want
to know why you have discarded
this proposal," Hill asked the
cabinet ministers.
OFA says
Farm land should be preserved
but not at farmers' expense
The brief stresses that this or
some other method of compen-
. sation must be found in the,
immediate future.
The Federation gave this
explanation of why. "Many
farmers on the fringe of urban
development have been unable to
expand their operations because
of the artificially high price of
land. This limits their ability to
produce, and therefore their
income. So do the inflated
property tax and higher costs for
non-farm-oriented services that
automatically follow when there
are pressures for development in
an area.
The Federation contends that
these costs cut back a farmer's
net income, and therefore his
ability to reinvest and generate
future income. In return for this
income sacrifice during the years
when the farmer worked the land,
the Federation says he is entitled'
to the increase in market value
when he sells.
"If land is devalued
government decision, far
would be unjustly penali
maintains Hill.
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(Today's Health is provided to',
weekly newspapers by the
Ontario Ministry of Health)
by David Woods
There was once a time when
nobody talked about mental
illness. Sure, there were
whispered comments to the effect
that Aunt Mary was a bit funny,
sa they came and took her to one
of those special hospitals.
But, living in a more
enlightened age, if also in one
that imposes considerable mental
and emotional stress on us and
therefore increased chance of
breakdown, we learned to .
accept emotional or mental illness
simply as a fact of life.
Statistically, one person in
seven or eight will suffer some
kind of psychological illness
during his life, although much of
it is treated in the doctor's office
or in a general hospital.
The new openness about
psychology is heartening, but we
live in an age when people are
possibly getting overly concerned
about their identities and
psyches. One question frequently
asked of psychiatrists is: How do
you tell the difference between
'normal' and 'abnormal'
behavior?
A Toronto psychiatrist who sat,
rather appropriately, on the couch
in my office the other evening,
offered an answer.
Part of the problem is that
definitions of acceptable behavior
are made by people in power, he
said. As a result we're constantly
trying to please someone else —
to live up to standards imposed by
others. The problem is there are
no real warning signs for mental
illness, as there are for many
forms of physical disease.
Not only that, he went on, but
some people's tolerance for
mental discomfort is greater than
others', and some people believe
they don't deserve help. To
compound the problem, what is
irrational behavior for one
F.:individual may be rational for
another.
Suicide is a case in point.
Generally, attempted suicide
stems from mental disturbance.
But for someone with a terminal,
disease, suicide may represent an ,)
intelligent option. History
provides other examples. People
:like Joan of Arc might well have
•been referred for psychiatric help
because of their 'irrational'
views.
' Very often, tolerance by society
for certain forms of behavior is as
,important as the individual's own
assessment; a person's view of
himself as OK or not OK depends
1:on what he considers society will
put up with.
Talking to oneself in the
privacy of the home is something
most people probably do at one
time or another. (Renteitther the
expression: talking to yourself is
the first sign of madness?) But
there's nobody there to pass
judgement. We all want to
strangle the driver who cuts in in
front of us. Take either of those
• examples a stage further by
l'-lalking to yourself a crowded
restaurant, or grabbing the
offending driver by the scruff of
the neck -- and they become
rather questionable' behavior
forms.
Some years ago, two
Washington physicans developed
a scoring system for traumatic life
events. A death in the family, a
divorce, loss of a job, taking on a
mortgage, or whatever, all added
up to a certain number of points
above which the person
c oncerned was considered to
have a high risk.
But this doesritt allow for
individuality. The problem is that
each person's tolerance differs
from everybody else's: one man
could score phenomenally high,
and cope; another might go to
pieces on the basis of just one of
the events occurring.
A recent U.S. study, reported
in the London Sunday Times,
shows that some common major
fears are, surprisingly: speaking
in public, heights, insects,
financial problems and deep
water.
When it really comes down to
it, if you feel you're not OK, the
decision can only rest with you
about seeking help. One real bit
of progress to be thankful for in
the field of mental health is that
today there's no stigma attached•
to visiting a psychiatrist.
(David Woods is a former editor
of Canadian Family Physician
magazine.He has served on the
medical staff of four medical
publications, 'and written for
several others in Canada and
internationally.)
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