The Rural Voice, 1980-12, Page 42FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE
BOX 429 CLINTON, ONTARIO NOM 1L0
TELEPHONE (519) 482-9642
NEWSLETTER
Membership Meeting
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CLINTON Dec. 4, 8:30 p.m.
The Executive of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture
was elected at a Directors Meeting in Clinton on November 6th. Workshop on planning activities and policies for the
The new members of the Executive are Bill Fear and Louise coming year. Convention reports, Committees
Marritt. Bill is a beef farmer & Twp. Director for Morris finalized. Come and air your concerns.
Township. Louise operates a sheep farm and is President of Convention reports
Turnberry Twp. F. of A. Executive members re-elected are Jim Committees finalized
Hunter and Jim McIntosh. Jim Hunter is a dairy farmer from
East Wawanosh and is a Director -at -large of the County F. of A. Come and air your concerns
Jim McIntosh operates a poultry farm in Tuckersmith Township
and he is the I.S.M. Director for Huron West Central. President Grey township
Gerry Fortune, First Vice -President, John Van Beers, and
Second Vice -Pres. Tony McQuail were elected at the recent
Huron County Annual Meeting. ANNUAL MTG.
Albert Van Donkersgood of the Christian Farmers Federation
and Pat Daunt representing the Cattleman's Association were Nov, 21
-12:30
present to express their concerns and mutual interest in
transmission lines that Ontario Hydro is proposing from Guest Speaker - Tony McQuail
the Bruce Nuclear Power Station. Since a Hydro report on South "Renewable Energy on the Farm"
Western Ontario is expected shortly, a committee will be set up
to co-ordinate information about this matter. Ethel Community Centre
Gordon Hill, Chairman of the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture Properties and Land Use Committee reported on a Tickets available from Twp. Directors
meeting of his committee and the Dept. of Natural Resources
about the impact of the Pits and Quarries Control Act on this
area. Local concern had been expressed that this Act would To Whom Foreign Ownership of Our Farmland May
encourage closure of small pits and result in higher gravel Concern:
prices. The Committee Report accepted by the Directors meeting
made the following_ recommendations: 1. That H.C.F.A. urge The Huron County Federation of Agriculture has
U.F.A. to request the Ministry of Natural Resources to exempt been concerned about Foreign Absentee purchases
pits with less than 30,000 tons from the requirements of the Pits of our farm land for the past three years. We have
and Quarries Act requiring fences and rehabilitation plans been gathering information on this problem and have
prepared by expensive consultants such as surveyors and
engineers. 2. That Mr. Craig Laing and the Ministry of Natural been working to convince our government that they
Resources be invited to discuss requirements at an early member must take action on this issue.
meeting of H.C.F.A. They are still wishing to down play the statistics on
The Directors also decided to send a letter to James Auld, foreign ownership. Our County Federation needs
Minister of Natural Resources expressing concerns over fencing your help in keeping track of foreign sales in the
and engineering studies on small pits and ask that these County. If you think a sale in your area has been to a
concerns be taken into consideration in the formation of the new
Aggregates Act. foreign buyer please send our office the township ,
Be/grave Public School
lot and concession number and the approximate date
of sale so we can up date our information on foreign
HOW TO SPEAK EFFECTIVELY ownership in the county. Thank you for your help.
with Eric Clarke of Conestoga College. Huron County Fed. of Agric.
Course to be given 3 Saturdays Box 429
Jan 24, 31, Feb. 7/81 - 9-4 p.m. Clinton, Ont. NOM 1L0
At OMAF Office Clinton P.S You could also send a letter expressing your
To Register: Phone Brenda McIntosh, concern on this issue to Murray Gaunt, MPP, or Jack
527-0358 Riddell, MPP with copies to Mr. Lorne Henderson,
MPP.
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