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NOMINATIONS
NOTICE TO MUNICIPAL ELECTORS
OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HIBBERT
TAKE NOTICE that persons may be nominated as
candidates in an election between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on
nomination day, Friday, October 14, 1994 but nothing in
section 38 of the Municipal Elections Act, prevents a person
from filing a nomination paper with the clerk during
normal office hours during the period from Tuesday,
October 11, 1994 to Thursday, October 13, 1994 inclusive
immediately preceding nomination day.
OFFICES FOR WHICH PERSONS MAY BE
NOMINATED
REEVE
DEPUTY REEVE
COUNCILLORS (3 to be elected)
AND
THREE TRUSTEES
for the Police Village of Dublin
AND ALSO
TWO TRUSTEES to the PERTH COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION
to represent the Townships of Fullarton, Hibbert,
Logan and the Town of Mitchell
(To be filed at the Town of Mitchell Office)
and
ONE TRUSTEE to the HURON -PERTH ROMAN
CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD to represent the
Townships of Hibbert, Logan and the Town of
Mitchell
(To be filed at the Town of Mitchell Office)
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the manner in which
nominations shall be filed is set forth in section 39 of the
Municipal Elections Act. Nomination forms and full
particulars of procedures to be followed may be obtained
from the undersigned.
Where more candidates are nominated and have made the
required declarations, for election to an office, than the
number required to fill the said office, notice of the time. for
the holding of the poll, including the advance polls, and
notice of the last day for making application for a certificate
to vote by proxy will be given immediately.
AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that where the number of
candidates for an office who are nominated and have not
withdrawn tt the end of nomination day is not sufficient to
fill the number of vacancies to which candidates may be
elected, subsection 43(1) respecting acclamation applies to
those candidates. On Wednesday, October 19, 1994,
following nomination day, the clerk may, between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., receive and certify additional
nominations for the remaining vacancies in the office in
respect of which there was an insufficient number of
candidates and the provision of subsections 40(5) and 42(1)
apply with necessary modifications.
Dated this 5th day of October, 1994.
Patricia Taylor, (AMCT(A)
Returning Officer
Township of Hibbert
Last Wednesday
the Toddlers Inn
Nursery School
went on a dairy
adventure at Hern
Farms Ltd. in
Granton. Above
Natalie Hayes gets
a close up look at
dairy cows while
below the toddlers
were shown where
the milk goes once
taken from the
cow. From left are:
Emily Loosely,
Jessica Baynham
and Jenna
Gaston.
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Crop
insurance
approved for
Ultim
damage
TORONTO - The Crop Insurance
Commission of Ontario will pay
claims for shortfalls in production
to those growers whose corn crop
received some damage after apply-
ing the newly registered herbicide
Ultim during a week of extremely
hot weather in June.
The Commission has received a
number of inquiries from farmers
about damage to their corn crop af-
ter Ultim was applied.
"As long as the insured grower
used recommended farm practices
and followed the specific instruc-
tions on the label, we consider the
damage as a loss caused by exces-
sive heat which is an insured peril,"
said commission chair, William
Jangejan.
Producers who expect their har-
vested yield to be below thcir guar-
antee should contact their district
co-ordinator. Growers whose har-
vested yield exceeds their guaran-
teed production on their total
acreage will not receive a claim
payment.
One Foot in the Furrow
By Bob Trotter
Committee has tough job
A dozen times in the last 20 years or more, the
senior governments have named a committee to
study various aspects of the economy. The latest
is a joint committee of the Commons and the Sen-
ate to look at the future of farming in Canada.
At times over the years I have thought it would
be a pleasure to serve on some of those commit-
tees but this time, the members will have one of
the toughest chores ever suggested by any govern-
ment.
The future of fanning in Canada? Wow! That is
a big order, especially now that we have the North
American Free Trade Agreement with all of its
ramifications and the recent General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade.
The people on this committee will have to grap-
ple with such a wide range of problems that it
boggles the mind. We have a rural -urban split
right now that is becoming more acrimonious.
Until recently, urbanites, I'm sure, felt that if
farmers needed so much help, they should get it
but that amenable attitude has been rapidly chang-
ing. When city dwellers learn that the government
paid out $2.2 billion in direct transfers and rebates
to farmers which accounted for about 90 percent
of their income in some cases, those same dwell-
ers are beginning to want to know why.
Mind you, they have to be told that food in Can-
ada is cheaper and probably better than anywhere
else in the world with the possible exception of
the United States. Canadians spend less than 14
percent of their disposable income on food, a far
cry from many other developed nations. In the
U.K., for instance, the last figures I read stated
that food costs gobble up about 22 percent of dis-
posable income.
We also have the traditional east -west split, too.
Westerners figure that central Canada has the best
of it because of Ontario's proximity to the big
population markets in both Canada and the U.S.
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while eastern farmers sometimes figure the big
grain farmers are tripping over cheques at the
mailbox every month.
In recent years, too, we have the creeping isola-
tionism of Quebec whose separatist governments
have openly, brazenly favoured Quebec farmers
in subsidies, rebates and legislation.
There is also the philosophical differences of
the major parties in Canadian politics, the left -
right split in just how much should one segment
of the economic structure be singled out for spe-
cial favors.
In addition, the committee will have to recon •
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cile the big differences between the family farm
and corporate farms. This, too, becomes a philo-
sophical question: Should corporate farms be
treated in exactly the same manner as a family
farm?
Getting all these segments and philosophies to
agree is a task that will take the knowledge of a
great diplomat, the patience of Job, the wisdom of
Soloman and the deep pockets of a diamond
mine.
To top it all off is the fact that there are fewer
and fewer fanners in Canada every year even
though those fewer farmers keep producing more
and more. In other words, nobody can fault the ef-
ficiency of Canadian agriculture.
The last figures I have on hand indicate that
about four percent of the population is actively
engaged in farming today compared to 45 per-
cent at the tum of the century when sorhe„of the
farm policies were formed.
However, one must take into'consideration that
anywhere from 15 to 25 percent of all jobs in the
nation depend on farmers and the food chain.
So, this committee has a tough chore on its
hands. They can have it. And they have only until.
March to complete their study. Good luck, peo-
ple. You'll need it.
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