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Delegates from all over Eastern Ontario and several other parts of the province ga- thered to listen to experts from the United States, Canada, and France outline the is- sues facing rural communities in the global marketplace of the 21st Century and how they can compete against their urban coun- terparts here and abroad. During the after- noon closing ceremony May 2, Jean-Paul St-Pierre, warden for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), described the event as an “enlightening and fun” expe-
ŏ/ 5/ŏ*+ŏ+*ŏ ,! 0ŏ)+// Natural Resources Ontario has no plans to include regulating the extraction of peat moss as part of its mandate. But Minister David Orazietti suggested the United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) might be able to do something under the authority of the Municipal Act. MNR has a licence-fee structure for dealing with quarry and sand pit operations. Municipalities which have such operations in their areas receive a per- centage share of those fees to compensate for the wear on local roads from heavy-haul trucks. The UCPR thinks a similar licence-fee system should apply to peat moss extrac- tion for the same reasons but the minister noted that MNR is responsible for enfor- cing the Aggregate Resources Act and peat moss is not covered under that legislation. He said the Municipal Act might give the UCPR the authority to allow, forbid, and also regulate and licence peat moss and other topsoil extraction if the counties council wished to do so. rience for many. “My network of contacts has certainly grown larger,” St-Pierre said. The warden quoted Rahaf Harfoush, one of the key speakers during the summit, regarding the things that impressed him the most about what Prescott-Russell com- munities, businesses, and individuals need to keep in mind about the future impacts of technological and social change on the rural sector and the critical role that knowledge will play in everyone’s lives. “No one will be spared, no one will be left alone. You are all part of the solution.” St-Pierre then added a favourite quote he remembered from a high school teacher. “From a professional aspect, know eve- rything about some things. From a social aspect, know something about everything.” During her own talk during the summit, Harfoush noted that the Internet and all the information tools it makes available gives the individual enormous power to shape the world and to have an impact on culture, on the economy, on everything. “I call this the Age of the Architexts,” she said, coining the word “architext” (merging “architect” and “text”) to show the role social media and the Internet now have in cultural and economic change. “Architexts excel at creating alternatives to situations.” Harfoush listed five trends of the Age of Architexts: cheap and easy-to-access data, hyper-personalized service, micro- influence, games-as-models for learning, shared values among Internet users and social media fans. She also stressed that how successful or how harmful any of these trends or other impacts of the cyberverse on the economy or the community always depends on the individuals taking advan- tage of them or influenced by them. “The Internet is not good or bad. It is all about the intent that motivates the use of the technology,” she said, stressing a need for “critical thinking” and for people to take responsibility for what they see, hear and do on and with the Internet. “Never stop learning,” she said.
ROCKLAND | For three days students at the Canadian International Hockey Aca- demy were rubbing elbows now and again with experts in economics and other digni- taries as the inaugural Ontario Rural Eco- nomic Summit took over half of the arena space .
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