Browsing Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) fonds RG 547 by Title
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Brochure PALSA brochure produced by PALS, it includes facts about Canada's Farmalnds, PALS information, PALS accomplishments, and publications.
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A campaign for the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) brochureA campaign brochure to gain support for the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society. The second side of the brochure includes copies of over 10 newspaper article clippings about PALS and land use in Niagara.
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Letter from Elmer Buchanan to President of PALS Ms. Gracia JanesA letter from Minister Elmer Buchanan of department of Agriculture and Food to President of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society, Gracia Janes. The letter is in regards to the Niagara Tender Fruit Industry Task Force report.
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Letter from Ontario Premier David Peterson to Ms. Janes, November 23, 1987Letter from Ontario Premier David Peterson to Ms. Janes in response to a letter "outlining the views of PALS on the proposed Canada-U.S. free trade agreement".
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Letter from PALS to John Rhodes, MPP Minister of HousingLetter to MPP John Rhodes, the Minister of Housing for Ontario to formally object "...against the proposed amendment to the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality entitled, 'A Bylaw to further amend the Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of Niagara'...". The document consists of 5 points, including: (1) Inconsistency of the Niagara Regional proposal of August 5, 1976 with the Minister of Housing's Criteria of September 8th, 1975, (2) Inconsistency of Regional Niagara Proposal of August 5th, 1976 with the Niagara Regional Policy Plan of December 20, 1973, (3) Rejection by the Regional Council of the best-considered findings of its own Professional Regional Planning Staff, as set forth in Staff Recommendations of March 3, 1976 (DPD 750), (4) Regional Proposal of August 5th, 1976, Defies the Ten Criteria set down by the Minister of Agriculture in his Letter of October 22, 1975, (5) The Regional Proposal of August 5th does not "substantially reduce the encroachment of future development" "on unique agricultural lands."
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Letter to Premier Bob Rae from PALS President John BacherThe first letter is from PALS President John Bacher to Premier of Ontario Bob Rae in appreciation of the "adoption of the Niagara Tender Fruitlands Programme" and asks for assistance increasing the funding for the program "to reflect higher than anticipated participation rates". The second letter is a response from Premier Bob Rae stating that the "government has committed $18.75 million to this program" and will "consider recommendations on further funding".
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Letter to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from Eric SalmondThree separate letters addressed to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Premier of Ontario David Peterson, and M.P.P. Brad Nixon. The letters are focused on the preservation of farmland, or a farm-land trust "for the 38,000 acres of farmland owned by the Province".
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Memo to: Planning and Development Committee - Review of the Region's Urban Areas Boundaries - Response from Provincial Ministries to Regional Questions1976-03-31Questions and replies "concerning the procedures for implementing any reductions which may be accepted. A copy of the staff letter with these questions is attached as Appendix 1."
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Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society Report - Support for FarmersPreservation of Agricultural Lands Society Report "Support For Farmers" discusses: 1. Reassessment of tariffs, 2. Promotion of Canadian Markets, 3. Long-term agricultural commitments, 4. Provincial role, 5. Curtailment of non-farm severances, 6. Promotion of Canadian foods, 7. Lower production costs, 8. Assistance to Canadian processing, 9. Marketing boards, 10. Realistic price insurance, 11. 'Loss-leaders', 12. Urban planning considerations, 13. Rural planning considerations, 14. Recycling, 15. Urban-farm relations, 16. Consumer interests.
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Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society to Liberals, PC & NDP, July 20, 1976Urban Boundaries Correspondence from PALS to the Liberal, PC and NDP political parties of Ontario. The document contains a letter and The Reginal Municipality of Niagara Planning and Development Committee meeting minutes of June 23, 1976,
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Press Release August 30, 1978 - PALS Engages John Willms, Lawyer and President of the Canadian Environmental Law Association, to Plead case for Niagara Foodland Preservation and Cut-Back of Urban Boundaries Before Ontario Municipal BoardA press release from the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society regarding protests of the urban area boundaries.
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Regional Niagara Report— Recommendations on the Niagara Tender Fruit Lands Protection Program September 19941994-09The report discusses the following: Section 2 - Reviews the origin of the program, Section 3 - Highlights the Agricultural Easement Committee's draft proposals for the key elements of the Program, Section 4 - Summarizes the meetings, Section 5 - discusses the withdrawal of the proposed economic severance policies for tender fruit growers, Section 6 - reasons in support of the Niagara Tender Fruit Lands Program, Section 7 - presents some points for Federal Government funding to enhance the program.
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Report Regional Niagara - Proposed Town of Pelham Official Plan Amendment No. 7: Final RecommendationsThe document is titled amendment No. 7 to proposed Town of Pelham official plan. Included in the document are letters from the Town of Pelham and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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Report to the Honourable Elmer Buchanan, Ontario Minister of Agriculture and FoodThe report is composed of: I. Introduction, II. Task Force Approach and Assumptions, III. The Policy Framework, IV. Report Reccomendations. The introduction of the report reads "The Task Force was composed of representatives of the Niagara Fruit Industry, the Region of Niagara, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The Task Force was mandated to formulate an action plan and report by May, 1991."
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Statement by Dr. Robert C. Hoover, Chairman of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) concerning Second Phase of Ontario Municipal Board Hearings on the Niagara FoodlandsThe release focuses on a set of hearings to begin concerning Phase Two for the Niagara Foodland.
