The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-06-11, Page 9.'r
Foreign land ownorshi
Project has undertaken a be a benefit. Prof. Brink- office data. Four major
study into the effects of man pointed out that the absentee farmland ..
foreign ownership of
land.
Professors Julius Mage
-(GeograpbY). and George
Brinkman (agricultural
economics) presented the
results of the first phase
'complete with a map
indicating amount and
distribution of foreign
and absentee ownership.
Although land may be
foreign owned there may
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RHEA HAMILTON
It is not just foreign
ownership that farmers
in Huron County haveto
be wary - of,liii mab`sentee
ownership. -
The completion of the
first phase of a study into
foreign ownership was
presented to the Huron
Federation of Agriculture
last Thursday evening. At
a request from the
federation, the Rural
Development Outreach
Goderich
W.I. will
present sets
to grads.
land could be leased back
to the younger farmers or
to farmers who wanted to
expand their operations
but could ndt afford the
cost of,buying more land.
The first step in the
study involved making an
inventory of land affected
by all absentee ownership
through researching
township assessment
records and registry
ownership types were
identified. They' are:
foreign - anyone living
outside of Canada, .95
percent; non -Ontario
Canadian - living 'in
Canada but not Ontario,
.1 percent; non -local
Ontario - living .within
Ontario but outside the
township in which the
land is located or its
adjacent townships, 3.8
percent; local urban -
study
living in a town, village or
hamlet within the
township in which the
land islocated or its
adjacent townships, 3.8
percent. The percentage
figuresThan-Cate hoier
much county land is
involved in these
categories.
There were 43 foreign
owners that could be
identified. Of those,. 27
were American and 16
were classed as "other".
Non -American foreign
owners also tended to
acquire parcels adjacent
or in close proximity to
each other creating a
clustered effect.
GOPEK,I_CH SIGNATeSTAR, WVEPNESDAY, JUN ... 41 .$.
presented to F of
McKillop, Tuckersmith,
Turnberry and East
Wawanosh had no foreign
ownership to date as
opposed to Ashfield, Hay,
Howick and Stanley
Towrisliips -which had •the
greatest concentration.
Ashfield has 3.4 of its
farmland foreign owned.
On -the other side of the
coin, land owned by non-
local Ontario type was
four times the amount of
land • foreign owned.
The greatest con-
centration of land owned
by non -local Ontario
types was in West
Wawanosh and Turn -
berry Townships where
6.3 percent and 9.3 per-
cent of the assessed`
farmland were owned.,
"Each individual non-
resident group does not
control more arable land
than one would expect,"
'the_ report stated.
"However, the arable
land of foreign owned
parcels tends to be
comprised mainly , of
class 1 and 2 soils."
Questions from the
floor indicated members
of the federation had a
particular interest in the
second part of the study
that will be ` done this
summer.
Jack Riddell, MPP -for
Huron, Middlesex
commented on the
lawyers he has talked to
who claimed that they
have never been so busy
with land transactions as
they are now. The new
bill on foreign ownership
before the . house this
week, if passed would
require farmland to be
registered and 'a full
disclosure made of
ownership and capital.
In the second phase
representatives from the
RDOP will be in-
terviewing people renting
the land and doing more
in-depth work into land
management. Members
discussed having the field'
workers talk to the neigh-
bours of leased lands, as
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well as the ones .leasing
the land. The group also
hopes to construct a
picture of land Use with
the aid of aerial photos as
well as questionnaires
concerning types of .Iises
and practises.. Leasing'1
arrangements will also
be included in the
questionnaire. Murray
Culbert, president of the
Huron township
federationin Bruce
County remarked that in
his township there are
35000acres involved in
foreign ownership and
cautioned that farmers
not be naive about the
seriousness of the
problem.
The June meeting of
the Goderich Branch of
the Women's I.tstitute
held in MacKa% Hall
opened in the usual
manner with Mrs. M.
Clairmont in charge.
Minutes of the last
meeting were read and
approved as well as the
treasurer's report. The
roll call - A Canadian
Product I Use - was
answered by 16ladie "
It was decided to
continue the presentation
of pen and pencil sets to a
graduating student at
Robertson School and at
St. Mary's.
A donation was made to
the Girl Guides to 'assist
in their trip to Mexico.
Plans were made for
the disposal of Institute
property prior to the
renovation of MacKay
Hall.
A brief memorial
service honored deceased
members. In the past
month the Goderich
Branch suffered the loss
of one of its most \active
members in the person of
Mrs. Isobel Riehl. A
member of the branch
since 1944, Mrs. Riehl had
filled the offices of
president and secretary -
treasurer as well as
almost all other offices
and committees. She also
%' served a term as District
President of Huron West.
Mrs. B. Crawford,
convener of Agriculture
and Canadian Industries,
commented on the motto,
"Love of the land lies
deep within the hearts of
man."
Mrs. Margaret
McKenzie read an ar-
ticle, "And this little
piggie went to - the Fair."
A contest on
"Industries of Goderich"
was won by Mrs. M.
McKenzie.
Hostess, Mrs. M.
McKenzie, assisted by
Mrs. I. Oke and Mrs. B.
Crawford, served lunch
thus bringing to a close
the final meeting of the
Branch in , the original
MacKay Hall.
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week. Marilyn will be working with Operation Crossroads Africa Incorporation in
St. Lucia, West Indies for six weeks this summer. She hopes to raise $1,500 for the
trip and to date has received approximately $1,250 in donations toward that goal.
A complete list of these donations can be found in Tid Bits. Making the presen-
tation here on behalf of the Optimists 'is president, Jim Mohring. (Photo by
Joanne Buchanan)
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