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wi sa12 wednesday november 2 1983 the ontario government has made a sham of its commitment to the preserva tion of prime agricultural landaccording to opposition leader david peterson support by the ontario ministry of agri culture and food for the urban develop- mentof 4000 acres of top quality farmland within the boundaries of the city of bramp- ton demonstrates the casual disregard for the erosion of productive foodland he said agriculture minister dennis timbrell is abrogating his responsibility when 4000 acres of the best foodland is casually sacri ficed to urban sprawl the liberal leader stated he condones the continued loss of the means with which to feed ourselves mr peterson said a major federal study released this summer reports the alarm ing disappearance of millions of acres of prime farmland in ontario particularly in areas surrounding urban centres a classic example of this continued des truction is evident in the premiers own backyard he said premier william davis represents brampton in the ontario students injured stouffville two markham students en route home from stouff- ville dist- secon dary school were injured friday when their south bound motorcycle was in collision with a truck on cone 9 south of town admitted to scar borough centenary hospital were michael hammond 18 of daniel court and his passenger paul fairhurst 19 of ambrose court the motorcycle struck the right front corner of the truck when the driv er joseph scott of willowdalemade what police de- scribe as a sweep ing right turn owner of the truck is spring eagle farms limited of stouffville the accident occurred around 340 pm constable paul carlsen of york regional police investigated legislature mr peterson complained ab out the continuing loss of class i farmland in the brampton area- between 1971 and 1982 brampton lost some 16000 acres only 27000 acres remain within the boundaries lastyearmr peterson said we questioned the minister of agriculture and food over the lack of any comment by his ministry on the application of foodland guidelines to the brampton official plan which included the urbanization of over 7000 acres of agricultural land and which had been circulated to his ministry for comments in october 1980 now after three years of stony silence the minister has finally decided that the best way to preserve 4000 acres of agri cultural land whose need for development has not been demonstrated is to include it in the urban boundary and allow it to be phased in the definition and time frame for the phasing has intentionally been left vague surely a more logical means of pre serving farmland is to keep it out of the urban limit especially in view of the fact that the only justification for the inclusion of this land for urbanization which had been excluded in the draft official plan wasastheresultofasubmissiontobramp- ton council by ricyvebb the former law partner of the premier on behalf of the rontosandringham development group as a result of the 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