Times Advocate, 1984-09-19, Page 5The readers write
Truek parklng and farm/and issues
Dear Sir:
With regards to your article
in September 5th edition of
the newspaper on "Move to
Oust Trucks", we would like
to respond.
We are owner -operators
who have lived in Exeter for
12 years. We have always
parked our truck in our
driveway with no complaints,
formal or otherwise, from our
neighbours. We therefore feel
very negative toward Exeter
council's 'campaign' to pre-
vent all commercial trucks
from parking on their
property.
Their suggestion to park or
store these vehicles away
from our property would be
very inconvenient and expen-
sive to say the least. Most
owner can not afford to buy or
rent land or facilities to park
their trucks. These trucks are
valued at between 30-100 thou-
sand dollars, containing
several hundred dollars worth
of tools, C.B., radio and other
equipment, and could not be
parked in unprotected or
isolated areas outside of town.
Drivers usually leave and
return home at odd hours, and
in order to get to and from the
trucks, someone would have
to drive them there and pick
them up, or have another
vehicle sit most of the week at
the parking area.
Although most major ser-
vice work is done in commer-
cial shops, the weekly service
and cleaning is done by the
owner at his residence. AH
Targe trucks must be plugged
into a hydro receptacle in cold
months to facilitate starting,
or they have to install pre -
heaters.
lf, as councillor Rose sug-
gested. the truck owners may
have to find an area out of
town so they would not be an
annoyance to their
neighbours, perhaps they
should also patronize
businesses outside of town in
which to buy their parts, tires,
fuel and other equipment.
Being that Exeter has a
truck terminal operated by
Laidlaw Transport, there are
several owner -operators liv-
ing in town. The company and
other businesses with trucks
in the area help to service the
town of Exeter, bringing food
and supplies for many of the
stores and businesses in town,
also picking up and delivering
goods.
Many residents of the town
work in or are associated with
the trucking industry. If these
same trucks that are annoy-
ing so many people were not
doing their jobs, these people
would not have clothes to
wear, or food to eat, and
businesses could not receive
or ship their goods.
The newspaper neglected to
state what the complaints
were about. The tractors are
no heavier than the town
snowplows or garbage trucks,
and when parked in their
driveways, they are on
private property. Most of the
trucks are well kept and
therefore not an eyesore for
the neighbours.
In most cases, we are sure
that the drivers corning and
going attempt to keep the
noise to a minimum.
It seems to us that any pro-
blems that arise could be
worked out with out waging a
compaign against every
driver in town.
We feel that we are as much
a part of this community as
every other citizen and would
like to feel that there is no pre-
judice being waged against
one group of people, who, like
ever other responsible person
in this town, is just trying to
make a living.
We hope we have shown a
truck owner's point of view
and feel that this 'problem'
has been blown out of
proportion.
Sincerely
Weir and Marg Taylor
Dear Bill:
I thought you might be in-
terested in the enclosed arti-
cle written by Morton
Shulman, which appeared in
the Toronto Sun, September
11.
Mr. Shulman is a former
Member of the Ontario
Legislature and apart from
books which he has written on
business ventures he writes in
the Toronto Sun and he has a
program on City TV.
With the help of the
newsmedia the Ontario
Government may start to
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view with alarm the crisis
that is indeed developing in
Ontario's farm community.
Yours truly,
Jack Riddell, MPP
Huron -Middlesex
Making hay from
Ontario farms
by Morton Shulman
A terrible crisis is develop-
ing in Ontario's farm com-
munity as more and more
agricultural land is being
bought up by non-resident
foreigners and is being par-
tially dropped out of
production.
Last week a group of con-
cerned farmers from Bruce
County asked me to sound a
warning, for not only is
farmland being lost and farm
buildings torn down but it has
reached the point that
township tax rates are going
to have to be raised because
of the shrinking tax base.
In addition to this, township
grants from the province are
being cut because the size of
these grants depends on the
number of householder,
which is going down steadily
I checked with the ministry
of agriculture and according
to its most recent figures
165,000 acres of farmland in
Ontario are owned by nun -
residents.
However, the true number
is much higher for the
ministry's figures are over a
year old and many more
thousands of acres have been
purchased by one particular
landed immigrant under the
name of numbered com-
panies, which are nominally
Canadian but which in fact
are owned in Europe.
The fact is that much of the
most productive agricultural
land in this province has been
purchased for speculation by
foreigners, the extent of these
purchases has never been in-
vestigated by the government
and the names of the pur-
chasers are unknown.
One man at Queen's Park,
Liberal MPP Jack Riddell
has been fighting a lonely bat-
tle for six years to alert the
Tory government to the.pro-
blem, but the Conservatives
just do not seem to care.
Since 1978, Riddell has been
begging the government to do
something to restrict foreign
land ownership similar to
what has been done by other
provinces and in the U.S., but
no action has been taken.
In response to his warnings
the Tories set up a committee
and promised to issue a final
report on the extent of foreign
ownership in Ontario which
was to be released no later
th n Dec. 1, 1981 but that
report never did appear. On
May 24, 1983, Riddell reveal-
ed to the Legislature that non-
resident agricultural land
ownership had gone up by
over 100,000 acres in less than
a year.
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Rhinoceros Party plans
Ailsa Craig nomination
The Rhinoceros Party of
Ontario has announced plans
for Canada's largest -ever pro-
vincial nomination conven-
tion. That mammoth and fun -
filled event is scheduled for
Ailsa Craig this Friday at 8:00
p.m. in the Legion Hall.
Provincial headquarters
have been established in Ailsa
Craig, primarily due to the
party's involvement in back-
ing some members of the tur-
tle races who face charges
over that event from last
summer.
But. let's let the party ex-
plain in it from the following
communique sent out to the
news media this week:
The oppressed minions of
the Big Blue Dinosaur party
of Ontario have the last slaw
laid on their swayed backs,
and four decades of
patronage -rife mismanage-
ment faces the heave-ho as
soon as the provincial ruler
announces the date for his
next intended coronation.
The debt -ridden proletariat
of Ontario said "Enough'"
when Progressive -
Conservatives. the office of
the Attorney -General and the
Ontario Provincial Police
conspired to pour heavily -
chlorinated water on the one
weekend of joy permitted the
residents of Ailsa Craig.
where the down -trodden exist
from year to year, buoyed by
the certain knowledge that
each July they will be lx'rinit
ted a weekend of celebration,
highlighted by feats of skill.
speed and stamina by their
pet turtles
This year. the over -taxed
wretches had hoped for even
greater excitement during
King William's Roman-slyle
circus, Bi -Centennial Year
This cunningly -calculated
celebration was designed to
have the peons forget their
state of penury, and anter a
state of euphoria after which
they would. out of gratitude.
invite King Willie hack to his
throne
But glee and joy were not to
he The peasants dared at-
tempt to keep a sliver of the
turtle race proceeds to benefit
their own tiny village instead
of dutifully lining King Billie's
baseball excursion coffers.
Even a mouse will threaten
when it has been cornered,
but the normally gentle Rhino
-- when affronted -- will
charge.
And the Rhinos are
charging!
Buoyed with their almost
unanimous acceptance in the
September 4 Canadian
federal election, the Rhinos
are stampeding into the arena
of pr#incial politics.
In Ontario they have
established a bastion of power
in Ailsa Craig, the very
hamlet Premier William
Davis seeks to grind under his
heavy heel. The Rhinos have
chosen Ailsa Craig because it
is the very hub of the provin-
cial riding of Iluron-Middle-
Sex...and Sex is one of the
platforms of the Rhino Party
of Ontario, along with Gambl-
ing. Booze and Country and
Western Music.
So profound is the despera-
tion of Ontarians, and so in-
tense the dedication of the On-
tario !torn of the Rhino Par-
ty. that a number of can-
didates. unprecedented in the
history of Canada. have of-
fered their services to the
Rhino Party and the tradi-
tionally forelock -tugging elec-
torate of Ontario
At an all -Rhino candidates
meeting last week, it was
determined that at least 311
Onlarurns will seriously court
the Partys provincial leader-
ship. and a like number will
be seeking the nomination for
the riding of Iluron-Middle-
Scx
Their moments of truth will
come on the weekend of
September 21 - 23 at Ailsa
Craig where Ontario's first
Rhinoceros Party Nomina-
tion Convention will be held.
commencing at 8 p m . F'n
day, at the Legion Hall
The convention will be
chaired by Party Rhinoceros
National Campaign Director
Charlie McKenzie of Mon-
treal. Party Whipietlei
Dominique Langevin, of the
Party's Ethics Committee,
also of Montreal, will
scrutinize the scrutineers.
All candidates, prior to the
first ballot, will be permitted
to espouse their platforms in
deliverances which may not
exceed either four minutes, or
the attention span of the
registered voting delegates.
Press facilities will be
available: the hall is licensed.
Complete details will be
provided at noon, Thursday,
September 20, at a press con-
ference at London City Press
('tub.
The Rhinoceros Party of
Ontario will be represented
by Charlie McKenzie,
Dominique Langevin, front-
runner candidates for the
position of Premier -In -
Waiting of Ontario, and
Huron -Middle -Sex
candidates.
Accredited media represen-
tatives, prepared to capitalize
the word Rhinoceros in their
copy -- and spell it correctly
-- may look forward to having
even their most poignant and
probing ques-
tions . considered.
Fitness Fare
project started
Ky I.aura McCann
The first 4-11 meeting for
Crediton Club V was held on
September 10. The project is
Fitness Fare. it deals main-
ly with, food, nutrition, and
fitness
At the meeting we discuss-
ed fitness, heartrate, and
reasons why we shouldn't
skip breakfast
Our club leaders are Mrs.
Diane Kaak, and Mrs. Linda
O'Rourke. The members are
as follows: Mary Fleming,
president Angela Fleming,
vice president Christine Nir-
ta. secretary Laura McCann,
press reporter ,leanett Kaak,
Connie Kaak. Rosanne
Dietrich. Irene Dietrich, Deb
O'Rourke, Leanne Dietrich,
and Sandra Hullebusch.
�QDIIEbVS!
The situation has now
become so bad because of the
poor estate market that when
a farmer dies or wishes to sell
his farm, there are no Cana-
dian buyers and literally
every farm that is sold is pur-
chased by a non-resident.
Foreigners are now pur-
chasing the equivalent of a
120 -acre farm every single
day in Ontario. Ontario has
become their province of op-
portunity and land bargains
are universal because our
farmers have fallen on hard
times. In some areas of
agricultural Ontario, foreign
ownership has now reached 20
percent of the land.
As Riddell put it, "I hope
the government comes to its
senses before we find the last
primary resource we own in
this country has been sold in
large measure to foreignin-
terests. Ontario has pretty
well given up the shop in con-
nection with most of the other
resource sectors, surely
agricultural land will not be
allowed to go the same way.
"We in the opposition are
concerned not only about the
loss of our agricultural land to
foreign interest, but also
about the long-term effects on
rural communities resulting
from increasing non-resident
concentration.
"I would encourage the
minister to take a trip through
rural Ontario to see first-hand
the effect that a declining
population has on local
businesses, schools, churches
and other farmers who are
unable to compete with the
prices foreign buyers are will-
ing to offer for land."
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