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page 4a the tribune thursday mar 12 1970 federation of agriculture would remove education tax from farm land receives past presidents certificate wm g reld ashburn ont on the right is presenting the past presidents certificate for archie roy howick que to robert w mcfarlane howlck mr roy was president of the ayrshire breeders association of canada in 1968 but was unable to be present at the associations annual meeting in hamilton february 19th mr reid was president in 1969 approve lot reject house pickering twp councillor john kruger has termed it a bit of human tragedy whereby a lot owner cannot obtain a permit to build a 1500 square foot house because the bylaw calls for homes of 2000 square foot size the property in question is at lot 35 concession 8 pickering twp what disturbs me most said councillor jean mc- pherson is the fact that people buy expensive lots on the assumption that they can be built on only to find out later they cant deputy reeve george ashe pointed out that own ers of larger homes in that particular area had to be protected councillor vic rudik said severance of the lot was permitted because of geographical location he admitted that the parcel was substandard in size but the applicant was told of the 2000 square foot house requirement at the time gordon l hill presi dent of the ontario fed eration of agriculture be lieves the ontario govern ment should extend the per capita grant system for primary and second ary schools to replace the education tax on farm land the policy of the ofa in this matter is clear education should be paid for entirely out of provin cial funds income and corporation taxes which means 100 per cent provincial grants for edu cation he stresses that this grant system allows school boards to concen trate their time on a bet ter education and less on the problems of raising money it is a basic tax prin ciple that ability to pay should be the most impor tant basis for taxation states the ofa presi dent the income and corporation tax system is much more related to ability to pay than is the property tax mr hill explains that the benefit principle must be added to this he em phasizes that land or prop erty do not benefit from education people benefit from education and these are divided into several categories the individual himself will eventually repay any money invested in educa tion 20 times over by his ability to create wealth and pay taxes he con tinues the federation leader concludes that there is no longer anv justification for education being fin anced from property taxes he calls on farmers to make this point clear to all political parties tribune classified acis get results oppose hydro line pickering twp the proposed route of a hydro tower line to ex tend through the townships of king whitchurch uxbridge and pickering has met with opposition in pickering the eventual hookup is at cherrywood council feel the line location was shifted eastward to bypass the proposed site of century city they argue it should follow the east branch of duffin creek to coincide with the sanitary landfill site it is not known if the property involved has yet been purchased george gathercole of ontario hydro has been invited to speak to council why settle for less than the best purchasing a new tractor datsun pickups outsell all other imported trucks combined in north america 2 ir let us help were experienced at helping farmers meet the money needs of farm equipment buying cattle raising feeding require ments and the so many necessary purchases of profitable farm operation farm loans at low interest rates life insured loans at no extra cost call today people working together helping themselves their families and each other your credit union the stouffville district credit union ltd 96 main west stouffville 6402811 why i i i i i i i i because it costs half as much to buy i as other trucks it costs half as much to run it can be converted to a i camper youre not cramped for space and because youll be driving the toughest small truck in the business i i i i i i i ton f truck h 96 hp 1600 ec dual sun visions seat belts 6 ply whitewalls tires windshield washers overhead cam shaft 2175qp i i i i telepho sold exclusively atf kovac motors 47 wellington st w markham telephone 2941210 i i i i i i i ij