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No land freeze Continued from page 1 you were selling It to be developed then ft would be worth something like f7 and with a freeze It would still be worth only Blacken explained He there was no way a should be discussed until compensation Is Ironed out The might be able to set up fund for compensation farmers for a fraction of the money they poured Into Sy crude What Is more important food or fuel Another question Is how Important Is agricultural land In Ontario We have a lot or country and already import rood There is no reason for a freeze said it la important to farmers to be able to sell a half acre lot periodically to help him Improve his farm and suggested a farmer should be able to pass his land on to his son and then build a house for himself on tre property He added this Ian t possible because the rules state one farm one house A on our land will just add to skyrocketing taxes We will be chased off our land by Increasing taxes A freeze won t even stop encroachment on our land by government They will still expropriate when they want to so tho freeze won protect U from that either he predicted reminded the audience the government will only give the value of their frozen land Rod one of the many farmers who spoke against tho suggested Bill 133 is just as dangerous to farmers In Hills as a land freeze Bill 133 allows the government to build up land banks for low cost housing Where do you suppose they are going to look for this kind of land Right here The freeze will allow them to expropriate our land at agricultural prices If they want it let them pay for It the some as everyone else has to I against this freeze stated who said he grows trees for nurseries on his land said the freeze Is unnecessary Why freeze anything Let normal development take place Why stop progress he wondered We are going to get a freeze but not compensa predicted Jim Clark a Ilalton Hills farmer He said have received no in creation they will receive any compensation and added he doubts they ever will because there just t the money to doit I can t believe farmers came up with this freeze Idea It helps everyone but farmers Jack Martin said He Informed the meeting he dkdn t make his living off his farm but Instead his brother operated the farm My brother does ft because he had to get out of teaching because it is another rotten business but that is another story He charged there is no need for a land freeze because growth is very well controlled by the planning act Martin added Bill 133 tripled the danger of a freeze for farmers I am beginning to wonder If farmers are even second class citizens Davis and White say you won t get compensation and for a change they are close to the truth Business t care about you and nobody understands your problem More features from the ground litre trw back breaking work out ground breaking Powred by of engines they slice througn in ground An d- depth bar tats you regulate titling down to deep Till a narrow row or as with tin extensions Wide handles tiller In line Alt con trols convanlantry mounted on console A good yard ahead GARAGE Rockwood 8569571 They don t realize your costs are going up and that is why food prices rise You have to try and let people know about your problems Farming Is the only business in the world that buys at tho retail level and then sella at tho wholesale level Martin concluded area farmer Julian Heed said he wasn t worried about the disappearance of agricultural land today but thought It would hurt future generations He called it unfortunate that the best farming land in Canada is also trie land where people want to live Reed said the land freeze question Is polarized and should start searching for a middle ground compromise for the sake of future generations He suggested the province should look to solutions found in the London and New York City areas There the farmer sells the development rights but the farmer can stay on the land and work it Ho also suggested counter magnet systems must be set up so people won want to live near the city Both Dick Kim lea and Jim farmers in Hills said they were opposed to the freeze We are setting a dangerous precedent which could bankrupt our children This is seed which will turn into a cactus I believe In free enterprise This freeze can only lead to spiritual moral and financial bankruptcy Dr charged noted immigration Is continuing and most immigrants settle in the urban areas around Toronto Ho said there is no way Hills will escape development bo governments might as well allow orderly planned development You re talking about a possible land freeze My land Is already frozen charged Glen Williams area farmer Doug Starret he has been to the region land division committee and the Ontario Municipal Board trying to get a separation of two lots and has been turned down because the Niagara plan t been completed noted the Niagara Escarpment Commission doesn even have to talk to landowners After they make a decision all they have to do is notify the owner said I am frozen All I can do is sell to another fanner or else sell my property to the Conservation Authority and we all know Conservation Authority doesn pay very much Our biggest less is old council At least then we had someone we could talk to Starret stated pointed out the and freeze won protect farmers Ac Fr Pros Wed April 3 Spring classes at night school Spring Is In the air and the series of night school classes proves It Two classes due to begin arc spring gardening landscaping and small motors and lawn mower maintenance The gardening class starts April motors on April Special short course will juHt Inst Tar three weeks each One Is on personal income tax April 14 10 and Back to books Students went back to school Tueiday after school break and Faster holiday combined Seizures There were liquor seizures made In town by the Acton during the past second on the tntlrk system rll and More yog it Still as popular ever the will rim mi Into this new nlfjit school semester lasses April and April 10 All elassci will be lit the high school for which Ih at the 1 ink school Advance rtglstratlnn forms will appear In the Free I reus this week and from dumps hydro lines gravel pits pipelines or highways Just development of their property at a fair price Landowners must present a united front to fight this Held suggested Bruce past f resident of the Halton of Agriculture stated the brief teven mention a land freeze noted it was the Or which suggested the land pointed out the federation support everything the Of A does After vote had been completed the audience endorsed a recommendation that the executive of the South I Association prepare brief which will be sent to governments informing them of the meeting opposition to the land freeze and their reasons for opposing the b A brief Reference in error letter to the editor in last week s Free Press referred to restaurant on Main Street This was error and the reference should have been to a restaurant on 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