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wednesday august 17 1983 sb3 necessary ballantrae lions steer roast always innovative the ballantrae lions broke away from the open spit this year introducing a new type of oven for their annual steer roast lion al edwards left demonstrates his ability in cooking the huge roast with a pitchfork while past president ron graham prefers to stand well clear a break for ontario farmers propose tax reform dear editor heritage forum representing cana das moderate majority appreciate the courage and forthrightness of the prime ministers statement concern ing testing of the cruise missile the issue was put into proper perspective the analysis carefully given and the logical result stated in terms of the necessity of preparedness the prime minister spoke for many canadians in the ex- pressionof the desire for peace in the light of the massive de ployment of missiles by those opposing our freedom and democratic manner of life continued peace is best achieved by military strength and at this time this involves testing of the cruise missile heritage forum joins the prime minister in the re quest directed to those vocal oppo nents of cruise test ing as to why they were silent when totalitarian countries engaged in the mas sive doployment of the ss20 in euro- pean counties all ofus desire peaceful solutions to international prob lems with the prime minister and the government of canada heritage forum believes the best way to preserve our freedoms and democratic ways of life and continue in peace is by proper defensive military strength this strength is the only language under stood by totalitarian governments whose people also long for peace but are not allowed to give free j expression of such desires sincerely dr charles seidensplnner chairman j i gb6ffiffi8bbrhgl sales service the ontario federation of agriculture ofa has reaffirmed its support in princi ple for the proposed reforms to the farm property tax system the overwhelming endorsement of the reforms came at a board of directors meet ing of the ofa held here today ofa presi dent ralph barrie said the vote reflected the views of the majority of ontario far mers the provinces proposed reforms call for a 100 percent rebate of taxes on productive farmland to be eligible for the rebate far mers must have a gross income of 8000 or 12000 depending on the area of the pro vince they farm in while agieeing to the principle of the reforms the federation opposes tlje income levels set by the pro vince the ofa wants the income level re duced to 5000 the federation is also concerned that the assumed lot under the house is not assessed at an inflated value the boards decision follows three months of meetings across the province at which the 25000 farmers who are members of the ofa debated the reforms the indi vidual views were then summarized in the votes of the 100 country and regional direc tors who voted at the meeting the ofa board originally agreed in prin ciple with the reforms in march 1982 however in the following months concerns were raised by many farmers over the proposal the reforms arent perfect but they are one step closer to creating a more equitable property tax system barrie added originally the ofa pushed for reforms because the property tax was disprop ortionate to their means to pay compared to nonfarmers farmers paid much more of their income to property tax under the present system farmers re ceive a 50 percent rabate on all property taxes paid on their farms the ofa has been working for more than 30 years for reforms to the property tax system through those years the federa tion policies have alu ays been based on the same principles that property taxes should pay for property services that peo ple services should be paid by individuals and that farmland taxes should be based on the productive value of the land racquetbau per year plus court fees mayfair racquet club 9 racquetball courts whirlpools saunas gym licensed lounge tennis and squash memberships also available 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