Express_2011_07_01

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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