Single phone call enables 5,000 farmers to chat with Duncan and Mitchell
The province’s agriculture minister and treasurer were both on hand for a telephone town hall meeting which OFA president Bette Jean Crews has declared a success.
The province’s agriculture minister and treasurer were both on hand for a telephone town hall meeting which OFA president Bette Jean Crews has declared a success.
What does it mean to current exemptions from provincial sales tax?
Photo: Dwight Duncan
A program to help new farmers break into agriculture is among those shelved indefinitely as provincial Liberals tighten government spending.
There’s “nothing scary” for agriculture in the province’s budget brought down in Queen’s Park on Tuesday, said a researcher for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province’s largest farm group. “Base funding” has actually increased to $945.6 million from $876 million budgeted last year, said Jason Bent. The budget document said OMAFRA expenditures are expected to total more than $1.2 billion in the 2007-08 fiscal year, which starts Apr. 1.
The province is making plans to amend the property re-assessment process, just in time for a two-year hiatus to end.
There’s “nothing scary” for agriculture in the province’s budget brought down in Queen’s Park on Tuesday, said a researcher for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province’s largest farm group. “Base funding” has actually increased to $945.6 million from $876 million budgeted last year, said Jason Bent. The budget document said OMAFRA expenditures are expected to total more than $1.2 billion in the 2007-08 fiscal year, which starts Apr. 1.