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| | | ] i | 2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 11, 1987 MP Lawrence supports immigration change | Durham Northumberland M.P. Allan Lawrence believes that changes to the immigration policies recently announced by the federal - government will assist true refugees arriving in Canada, along with im- migrants who enter this country by the rules. ALLAN LAWRENCE In a newsletter mailed to consti- tuents last week, Mr. Lawrence notes that the most recent arrival of a 174 East Indians on the coast of Nova Scotia points out the need for changes in the Immigration regula- tions dealing with refugees. Those changes include steps to reduce the process to determine if a person is genuine refugee. The changes call for a two person panel which" may deny refugee claims on. several grounds: if the person has refugee status in another country; can return to a safe coun- try; makes claims that are un- founded; was previously denied en- trance into Canada; is subject to removal orders. Those with an arguable claim must have a hearing in front of a refugee board within ten days, and rejected claims can be appealed to the Federal court from outside Canada. Mr. Lawrence states that the changes do not mean that Canada's borders are being closed to genuine refugees. In fact, he says, some 12,000 will be admitted this year, and the country expects to have 25,000 people claiming refugee status this year. Mr. Lawrence says the previous system was too cumbersome to deal with the growing number of people seeking refugee status in Canada. Seven years ago there were 1600 claimants, this year, the number has grown to 25,000. Trailer stolen A Blackstock resident woke up last Friday morning to find that somebody during the night had walked off with a boat, motor and trailer parked in the driveway in front of his home. Durham Region Police say the theft was reported August 7 by the Church Street resident. Police say the boat was a 12 foot red aluminum model equipped with a 9.9 Mercury outboard motor. The trailer was described as a Wisocon- sin model Also in Blackstock last week . Durham Police want to talk to a man who walked into a variety store, bought $11 worth of goods and tried to pay with a $100 bill. When the clerk told the man there wasn't enough cash in the til to change the bill, he signed the cash tape and promised to return with the correct amount. He hasn't been back since. through immigration. Noting that "virtually all of us, myself included, are immigrants or descended from those who came to (Turn to page 7) Mr. Lawrence points out that at present trends, the declining birth rate will lead to falling population in Canada by the end of the century, unless there are more people to continue to admit genuine refugees and new immigrants. About 125,000 immigrants are ex- pected to be admitted to this coun- try during the present year. "So many appeals were involved that a person could live here for years while waiting a final decision on the case," he states. Mr. Lawrence said Canada needs Councillors divided on plan A conceptual plan for the Brooks Farm subdivision develop- ment in north Port Perry got the green light from Township council Monday afternoon, but several councillors are still not happy with the proposal. In fact, Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor had to break a tie vote to give council approval to the plan which calls for 119 lots ranging in size from half acre to 1.5 acres. One ma jor feature of the subdivision is a green belt along the Lake Scugog shoreline that rings the development on two sides. Although this greenbelt averages just a couple of hundred feet in width, the total size of the belt is just over 29 acres. This greenbelt would be turned over to the Township and there have been suggestions that it contain a path for jogging, cycling and cross country skiing. The Brooks Farm is located on the east side of Durham Road, just north of Regional Road 8 and the housing development proposed for the area has been in front of Township council in one form or another for better than a year. While council has been in favour of housing for the land, it is the lay-out of the subdivision plan that created the split among councillors Monday afternoon. Mayor Taylor, Lawrence Malcolm, Harvey Graham and Don Cochrane voted in favour of the plan presented Monday which calls for numerous lots to back onto the green belt along the lakefront. Councillors Howard Hall, Neil McLaughlin and Yvonne Christie expressed a preference for an earlier plan which had a road fronting on the green belt with lots on the west side of the road. However, developer Mark Attar said the plan with the road fronting the green belt would increase the servicing costs (roads, water pipes, etc.) by about $10,000 per lot and could make the entire development unfeasible from an economic stand-point. At Monday's meeting, councillor Christie also expressed con- cern about the size of the development (119 lots) and the fact that some areas along the lakeshore green belt are very sen- sitive environmentally. She stressed that these sensitive areas must be left in their natural state and protected. Councillor Howard Hall said he is concerned that the Town- ship may not have the resources to properly maintain some 29 acres of green belt and it could end up looking shabby. Councillor Harvey Graham said the green belt should be left in as natural a state as possible and would not require a lot of maintenance like other parks in the municipality. 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