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Page THE HERALD May Provincial agricultural policies gutless NDP farm and food critic claims A prerequisite to putting a on agricultural land in Ontario is to ensure hot the farmer will make a on the land said Donald Mot Donald MPP York South and agricultural and food critic at a meeting of the Ha Burlington Hiding Association last Wednesday in Georgetown Calling the governments policy of constraining urban growth by zoning patently inadequate went on say foodlands in the mot marketplace with urban development and hope to survive Flat 2000 raise for regions department heads He the Ontario Regional council has ap proved an across the board pay raise for seven regional department heads following a lengthy in camera session last Wednesday of in Burlington whether or not the living Increase granted all employees would put the total raise above the Inflation Board regulations They also noted that the genera increase meant a change in policy on how merit increases should be awarded staff members Associate Municipal Ontario Institute of Agrologlsts have demanded government legislation to preserve foodlands and urged that any application for exemption to use prime far mland or any other purpose should be subject review by all the normal local planning bodies up to the provincial planning authorities with a But the government chooses to ignore alt these pleas and dismiss any legislation to preserve even It ac by the machinery to consider legitimate ex being a said Thats a gutless political stance which commands the support of nobody except the Ontario Liberals In the last the amount of each dollar spent on food going to the farmer has dropped from cents to cents on the average Mac Donald said although In the past four or five years it has risen to cents Bui thats gross Income at the farm gate he said The net income of a farmer in Ontario is between eight ten cents ion each food dollar He snld ihe farm income In Ontario dropped from in to just less than BOO in farmers have been leaving provincial farming in droves he said Over percent have left since he added Of those who remain distinctly more than hull are part time farmers because they are not able make enough income from farming alone so they have to sup plement It meet the familys needs he The food industry is the largest in Canada bar none said but the farmers represent less than percent of the industry The giants Weston Dominion Steinbergs Safeway ore among that growing horde of mid crowding between the and the checkout counter he said People in this country are paying at least Tour percent more for food to lull the people of this told the people who heard province hat there is cause his speech Of the billion only for concern but not spent on food In Ontario ex alarm cess profits of middlemen The wie of haw much account for million farmland In or is not going out He said that the Weston empire own the entire production chain from the farm to the checkout counter They re taking their cut out at every bit No wonder the price Is right He said he is by minister of agriculture and food Wm Newmans trying Computerized checkouts a thing of the past already Will food shoppers face having food priced by a computer at the checkout counter in the future No according to Donald York South and the agricultural and food critic in the legislature In speech before about people Inst at the Georgetown District High School MacDonald said u committee the United Stales composed of supermarket of finals had recommended against the use of the computer coded food items even though the cost of installing such equipment tan be recovered within a year and a half I think were going to win this bottle A shopper with baby the buggy and a toddler hanging on her arm will not be able to comparison shop nor be able to mark with a grease pencil the individual items she wishes to purchase The supermarkets In effect have thrown In the towel Library adds childrens records of production each hour in Ontario has been getting loot in this futile argument on figures MacDonald said A new batch of figures is pouring out of the computer this week indicating farmland is coming back Into produc according to Newman at a rate of hour said But his figure Is equally open to as is the figure of acres of farmland going out of production per hour which the originated said because of the unreliability of data used as a research base New man is more Interested in coming up with new figures and downgrading the urgency of the issue Mac Donald charged He said that by the year when the estimated population of Ontario will be II million if agricultural production Increased by percent we will need ap proximately one acre per person to feed ourselves Today we have a little over 10 million acres of prime farmland available Mac said Weve got lo save 10 million and reclaim two million in order to feed Inefficient dump operation costly The Junior Library in Georgetown has recently added over 100 new records to its collection Most these records arc reading of classic and con temporary award winning s books While they will Ik of interest to all parents children they should be of special value those children whose en joy merit of these works is marred by impaired vision of reading difficulties read to is often a spur or children whose motivation to read low or whose re J ding skills are slow to develop In most coses the books that match the records are available Terming Ihc operation at the Georgetown landfill site as phenomenally inefficient Ha lion Hills councillor unsuccessfully tried to block an increase in the dumping charges at all landfill operations from to per ton effective next year People are getting mad Councillor Morrow told council about the of dumping at the landfill which he are totally out of control He criticized the region for not considering using regional staff at the site and renting equipment rather than giving the Job to a contractor Councillor Morrow was critical of the contractor for using the wrong kind of the site which he said inevitably leads to in creased maintenance costs The cost of operating the Georgetown dump has jumped from just a few years ago said Morrow to ap proximately this year Morrow criticism claimed Jack chairman of the region work committee Is dam good politics but totally ludicrous He all we re doing is looking after a poor legacy If you to is bad just wail a year or UNION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Anniversary Service Sunday May 30th 1976 ourselves alone Between now and the year there should be a double barrelled objective Donald said No more agricultural land must go out of production and two million acres must be reclaimed from land developers city farm en hydro corridors and highways he said He predicted that if agricultural land continues going out of production at the current rale by 1885 here will be only two or ihree products In Ontario where we will produce enough for our If the rate of food port all on over the last quarter of a century continues on by will be importing percent of our food stuffs He also predicted that In the next decade there will be a farm income stabilisation programme across Canada similar lo the one In British Columbia which saw per cent of the farmers there voluntarily enter the programme and an Increase in the number of people working as farmers Quebec has already moved to follow suit MacDonald said and Nova Scotia and are considering It He called the CO million in Ontarios budget for farm olio DEI from Hal ton Burllnglon to attend the provincial New Democratic annual convention in Kingston from June to the 13th are from left to right Cornelius of Georgetown Bill Johnson of Bob of Burlington inadequate He said that fanners face an inequity of property taxes worse than homeowners Formers carry a tax on the tools of heir trade Agricultural farms should be completely exempt from equity tax The Davis governments so called new agricultural land use policies represent an elaborate effort propagandtie the public into believing that something more is going to be done when In fact the inadequate policies of Ihc past arc simply being camouflaged in a new out pouring of political rhetoric said Firefighters dont want homeowners burned by equipment salesmen AM SET A This group of parade will start at 1 from Remembrance moms and kids are all ready and raring to Park will end up In the Fairgrounds take pari in this Saturdays Childrens This group of disguised Include Parade through Georgetown All and Caroline Petrelli children are invited to Like part in the parade Joanne Terashiln Marilyn Jamie and Scott by decorating ihelr bicycle tricycle wigon Thomas and David Wood doll carriage pet or ever themselves The Quitch Mohawk graduates HA1T0N HILLS PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY Sunday May jo am Family Evening Service Special Soloist Rev Ron graduates were among students who graduated Saturday May 15 from Mohawk College in Hamilton Lome Wilson has graduated from the Civil Engineering Technology program and Pantling has graduated from the Both ore Stephanie Lister of Acton has graduated from the Leadership program Baseball association receives grant A grant of has been through proceeds from Lutheran Church Windsor Road at Carole St Rev Harold R ptir a Sunday School Ha Worship Lutheran Hour Georgetown Baseball Association from the province lo assist the in purchasing baseball equip The money was raised the Wintano lottery A news release from the provincial ministry of culture recreation outlining nine grants given to organizations included among those nine a grant of to the under the regional govemmenl setup Is included in the region of Peel not Millions firefighters would like to see smoke detectors used in every home in the region but they arc worried about reports of high pressure salesmen using scare tactics to sell expensive protection devices lo homeowners Captain Hubert Gray of Burlington Fire Department Chairman of Region Fire Prevention Committee says he Is tired of hearing from worried homeowners who hove been subjected to high pressure sales by door Indoor salesmen who Scare people so much they dont want to spend another unprotected night in their Claim their products are approved by the local fire department And try sell homeowners a detection device for every room in the home when one or two are sufficient prelection for most single family dwellings Chairman Gray said un scrupulous salesmen have been active in some areas of and he has had of complaints from upset consumers Recently the Ontario Ministry Consumer and Commercial Relations launched a crackdown on these firms under the Business Practices Act were laid against one Iran In Sudbury for using high pressure sales tactics and misrepresenting the product a door soles The Ministry cautions consumers against buying detectors from door lodoor salesmen and the Committee repeats the warning Some of these are over priced devices which ore no than any sold in local department store Chairman Gray warns In some coses the sales homeowners gruesome audio visual presentation about the dangers of being He said beware of anyone claiming a product has been recom mended approved tested or endorsed by the local fire department Only Laboratory of Canada tests these devices to make sure they meet certain standards Fire departments cannot and do not approve them he warned The new Ontario Building Code says all new homes must have a fire alarm and some salesmen are using this Code as leverage to sell their costly wares lo owners of older homes Capt Gray said one salesman even claimed he had lost children In a fire should homeowner do If approached by a firm selling tire alarms Shop around the Committee suggests get comparative prices and grab at the first offer Be on guard against high pressure sales tactics and if the salesman says his product is approved by your fire department don take his word for itcall fire department business office and ask if it true llegion Fire Prevention Committee and the fire departments of prefer products of com which will sound an alarm during any of the four stages of fire Incipient visible smoke Games and high heat There are several good ones sold Some detectors dont sound an alarm until fire conditions reach the heavy smoke or flame level Products of detectors will respond while fire is still in smouldering stage and they are the best form of early- warning fire detection Committee points out ST JOHNS UNITED CHURCH OF GEORGETOWN AND GLEN WILLIAMS Minister Rev F A Mr Wood Mrs Ingll SERVICES OF WORSHIP am Glen Williams gm Georgetown Sunday School or all at both placet of Cara Home Centre coming to Armstrong Guelph corner GEORGETOWN ST GEORGES ALLIANCE CHURCH CHURCH Main St R Gallagher Patior Peter Ralph Sunday May 30 S a Sunday School a am Eucharist Mam Morning Worship Family Eucharist Evening Worship am Choral Eucharist Everyone Welcome Church Coma make our church your church IS and am ON THE SITE of United Coops fulure Harris UCOs Guelph Home Centre Dwighl May chairman a sketch of the building Area Council and Charlie Construction of a United Co Op Home Centre In Georgetown Is expected to begin soon with an opening dale in the fall of this year according to United Co operatives of Ontario J mf Situated the west comer Armstrong and Guelph St the site will have an Initial investment of more than in land buildings The building will be square feet on a lot 106000 square feet As one of four Home Centres will be opening this year in Ontario the will reiving the well as the rural customer In we denly found ourselves surrounded by young urban householders said wight May chairman of Ihe Area Council In addition to the traditional farm supplies Home Centre will carry outdoor Indoor and outdoor supplies appliance kitchen and bath units doors windows and a full range of building materials We want offer the whole service package May said When stores open our staff will have completed training programmes which will enable them not only to sell the product but to give wund ilce on Us proper