Tories see more votes in East
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non-supply-managed sectors.
C HUTE - À -B LONDEAU
· Protect supply management for
farmers in supply-managed commodities.
· Create a “one-window” policy for
Ontario Conservative party leader Tim
farmers andagri-businesses thatwill cut red-
Hudaksays it is too late forPremierDalton
tape and ensure they can accessGovernment
McGuinty to pay attention to the concerns
ofOntariofarmingprogramsandinformation
of rural communities and farmers.
through a single point of contact with the
The ruling Liberals have ignored rural
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Ontarioforthepasttwoterms,statedHudak
Affairs.
duringavisit lastweek to the siteof the 2011
· Implement a “Buy Ontario” program
International PlowingMatch near Chute-à-
that leads by example at provincial
Blondeau.
institutions such as hospitals and schools.
“For eight years Dalton McGuinty’s tax
“Riskmanagement isnotonlyaboutpeace
hikes, energy experiments and excessive
of mind, it is about correcting a competitive
red tape increased farmers’ cost of
imbalance that gives farmers in other
production, while he failed to provide the
jurisdictionsanunfairmarketadvantage.Our
income security farmers need to compete in
program will be based on the cost of
the marketplace. It was only through two
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production. And unlike the Liberals – our
years of work from our PC Caucus and
IPM committee president and Champlain Township Mayor Gary Barton, East
support will be predictable andpermanent,”
concerned Ontario farmers that a business
Hawkesbury Mayor Robert Kirby, J.D. Kirby, one of the owners of the IPM site,
said Hudak. Premiums paid to the BRM
risk management program got on the
Prescott-Russell CAO Stéphane Parisien, Conservative party leader Tim Hudak,
would be dedicated to the program, and not
provincial agenda at all,” said Hudak.
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell candidate Marilissa Gosselin.
used for other purposes, he added.
A Conservative government would
providemoremoneytoruralmunicipalities
BIA aims to be back in black next year
by broadening eligibility for gas tax
revenues. Communities that do not have
bus or subway systems do not get a share of
creditor, is owed $27,252 by the group which intends to erase the debt in
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the gas tax revenue.
2012. The commission is making two annual payments of $13,626 to the
H AWKESBURY
Hudakwould change that by permitting
municipality.
municipalities to get a share of that money
As Councillor Michel Thibodeau noted at the BIA’s recent annual
to improve roads and bridges.
meeting, he hadpushed for the debt to be paidoff immediately. However,
TheHawkesburyDowntown Business Improvement
“It will not be one size fits all. Local
his council colleagues decided to give the BIA two years to settle the
Area (BIA) Commission hopes to be out of the red next
democratically elected officials will decide
outstanding amount.
year. And that is good news for the organization and
how that money is spent,” he said.
Thibodeau, who represents the town on the BIA board, noted that the
taxpayers.
Local officials continue to lobby the
municipality is continuing to support the downtown organization by
The town of Hawkesbury, the commission’s biggest
province for amendments to the Farmland
paying $25,000 annually to Les Trésors de Jacob, which ismanaging Place
Tax Program, which keeps farmland taxes
des Pionniers.
lowbutalsodeprivesmunicipalitiesoflarge
The BIA budget this year totals $40,450, less than half of the $98,000
sumsofrevenues.Municipalitiesassertthat,
spent in 2010.
duetoinsufficientprovincialcompensation,
Expenditures in 2011 include $4,559 for the street festival, $3,000 for
Prescott-Russell taxpayers faceashortfall of
publicity, $2,500 for flowers and decorative street lights and $2,000
$4 million — $2 million at the county level
towards the Christmas parade. Other expenses include rent on land that
and $2 million at the municipal level.
is part of Place des Pionniers ($8,630).
Hudak would not make a commitment
The commission expects to raise $37,920 in taxes imposed on 158
about suggestions the farmland tax system
commercial units that pay $240 fees and $2,530 on the 23 business
needed an overhaul. While he observed, “It
operators who pay $110 annually.
is a good idea,” Hudak stressed that, given
theprovince’sdeficit,itisdifficulttopromise
large payouts.
Trot back in time Sunday
However, he reiterated that a
Conservativegovernmentwouldlightenthe
municipal burden through itspromisedgas
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tax revenue allocations.
V ANKLEEK H ILL
TheConservatives are hoping that rural-
friendlypolicieswillhelpTorysupportgrow
inGlengarry-Prescott-Russell,whichisnow
The village of Vankleek Hill will once again be transported back to a
represented by Liberal Jean-Marc Lalonde.
quieter and slower timewith the return of the traditional Horse andBuggy
M.P.P. since 1994, Lalonde is stepping
Parade Sunday, July 3 at 1 p.m.
The 15 th
down.TheLiberals,whohaveheldtheriding
anniversary edition of the procession will start and end at the
since 1981, will choose a new candidate in
fairgrounds where at 11 a.m. an ecumenical church service will be held,
July.
followed by lunch. The Parade Marshall is Linda Lothian, of Lochinvar.-
Local Conservative candidate Marilissa
Following the parade, a crowd-pleasing line driving competition over an
Gosselin accompaniedHudak as the leader
obstacle course will be held.
referred to theToryplatformoutlined in the
The Strawberry Social, with strawberries, cake and ice cream, starts at 2
“Changebook.”
p.m. There will be music, at the church service and at the Strawberry Social,
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An Ontario PC Government would:
provided by Eleanore Altman of Festival Alexandria.
The Place des Pionniers has taken on a more rustic and
· Deliver a permanent business risk-
For further information, call 613-678-5086.
agrarian look as the “Jardin” takes shape.
management program for farmers in
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