The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-20, Page 14Page 14—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 20, 1978
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Want foreign ownership investigated
Byline Alice Gibb
The Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
has passed a resolution
asking the .Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
(OFA) to investigate the
question of foreign
ownership of Ontario
farmland.
The federation
members approved the
resolution at their
regional meeting held in
Heron Centennial School,
Brucefield, last week.
In presenting the
motion, already ap-
proved by the
federation's board of
directors, Gerry Fortune
said foreign ownership of
farmland is causing
increasing concern
among Ontario farmers.
The resolution asked
the OFA to establish an
action committee to
study the question of
foreign ownership and
requested that the
committee try to present
a background paper on
their findings to the 1978
OFA convention.
The annual OFA
convention will be held in
Hamilton on November
27-29.
Mrs. Fortune told the
Huron members the
problem of foreign
ownership of farmland is
surfacing throughout the
province. She said,
"There are many
rumours but few facts."
She said , the Huron
County board of directors
hope the OFA action
committee can work up
some background in-
formation on the
situation to present to the
upcoming convention.
Mrs. Fortune said two
Western Provinces have
already passed
legisla'tion limiting
,foreign ownership of
farmland in their
province, which may
result in more foreign
investment in Ontario.
Bev Brown, another
federation member, said
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the falling" Canadian
dollar means foreign
investors can now offer
more money for ,our
farmland than Canadian
buyers.
Federation members
also approved a second
resolution introduced by
member Tony McQuail.
The ' resolution asked
that OFA establish a
committee to study ways
of reducing farm
dependence on fossil fuel'
inputs by such method
as energy conservation,
solar heating and drying,
wind power and other
alternate energy sources.
Also, the resolution
asked OFA to encourage
agricultural colleges and
OMAF to do research in
the areas which the OFA
committee feels shows
most promise and to
distribute information on
these areas to the farm
community.
In introducing his
resolution, Mr.. McQuail
said technological ad-
vances in farming were
tied closely to fossil fuels„
and high energy inputs.
He said this depen-
dence has led to a prices
squeeze on the farmer
between the cost of farm
inputs and the prices of
farm commodities.
Mr. McQuail said
farmers must take a lead.
in the area of in-
vestigating . alternatives
or they will find them-
selves in an awkward
position as foss1fl fuel
prices increase:
The motion was•
seconded by Bev Brown
and passed by members.
Tony McQuail was the
co-ordinator of the
Lucknow 'Energy Con-
servation Centre, until
the project ended last
week.
In an election held
during their meeting, the
federation members
elected their five
directors for the coming
year, and delegates to the
OFA convention.
The director for North
West Huron is Merle
Gunby, of R.R. 1,
Dungannon, who served
as director last year.
Convention delegates
from this region, which
includes Ashfield,
Colborne and East and
West 'Wawanosh
Townships are Clete
Dalton, Tony McQuail
and Peter Chandler.
Sheila Gunby was elected
as an alternate delegate.
The director elected for
North East Huron was
Gerry Fortune, R.R. 1,
Wingham, who served as
director last year.
Convention delegates
for the area, which . in-
cludes Howick, Turn -
berry and Grey Town-
ships are Jack . Stafford,
Doug Fortune and Lyle
Pettapiece.
Alternate delegates are
Bill Mann, Bob Kelly and
Louise Merritt.
The director for East
Central Huron is, John
Van Beers, R.R. 1, Blyth,
elected to the office for
the first time.
Convention delegates
for. the area, which in-
cludes Morris, Hullett
and McKillop Townships
are Harvey Stewart, Bill
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