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February 19, 2007
Another
call for conservation funding
Ken Hashizume / Bayshore
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The Province needs to fund conservation
authorities.
That message was delivered loud and clear at
last week's budget meeting when the Saugeen
Conservation Authority approved its annual
budget, which called for double digit general
levy increases.
Chair Doug Freiburger says they have been
lobbying the provincial government for funding
for years to operate their programs.
Freiburger encourages municipal representatives
to approach their MPPs and ask the Ministry of
Natural Resources to re-establish the funding.
Freiburger says that is one of the reasons why
he wants to run in the upcoming provincial
election this fall.
Freiburger says he is passionate about
conservation and would like nothing more than to
get his hands on those responsible for the
cutbacks.
Since 1995 funding from the Province dropped
from 85 per cent to 3 per cent.
2nd Vice-Chair Ron Hewitt says that number is
disgraceful.
Hewitt says he hopes the Province will wake up
and step to the plate.
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