Agricorp audit reaches final stage
Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter is expected to release his report on Agricorp next month, says a spokesperson.
Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter is expected to release his report on Agricorp next month, says a spokesperson.
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.
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.
After a debate that president Geri Kamenz called “full and robust,” delegates to a special annual general meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) on Wednesday agreed to ask the province to increase the farm business registration fee by $45.