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Granville West should receive a

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Central Saanich.”

Vantreight said the federal and
provincial governments, along
with the B:C. Vegetable Marketing
Commission “have each claimed
it was not their intent to force
growers from their farms.

Each of these key players will
have representatives (there) and
before leaving, must make a com-
mitment to us that this problem
will be resolved quickly and fair-
ly, * Vantreight said.

In a letter received by council
June 3, provincial ministry of agri-
culture spokesman Larry Chal-

~ mers said Central Saanich growers

received compensation totalling
$700,620 between 1965 and 1972:

In 1983 the growers received a
further “socioeconomic adjust-
ment payment’ of $1,200 per acre,
totaling $709,578, for compliance
with the ban on production, Chal-
mers said.

He also said that Agriculture
Canada paid for fumigation of
potato fields, located staff in the
area, established a golden nemat-
ode laboratory and encouraged
alternate crops through the Saani-
chton research centre.

“At the same time, my ministry
located a new crop specialist at
Sidney to evaluate alternate crops
to grow potatoes,’ Chalmers said.

In council June 3, Ald. Jack Mar
questioned the fairness of the
compensation package.

“Do you call that compensation
when they find one: (infected)
potato and they go in and disc it all
up?” Mar said.

Ald. Clarence Bolt said that the
compensation does not account for
future production of potatoes. “If
the ban persists it will be a perma-
nent loss,” he said.

Mayor Ted Jones asked for
information about what the loss of
production is worth at today’s
plices.

Council also wondered what the
success of the alternate crop initia-
tive has been and requested a
report from the district agricultur-
1st.

Farmer Bud Michell said that in
1965, farmers produced about
2,000 tonnes of potatoes and real-
ized about $1,000 an acre.

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fall short of the orginal vision,”
he said.

A letter from the Sidney Associ-
ation of Merchants was read stat-
ing expansion would enhance the
Marina as a “people place” and
improve the waterfront.

Some said the project would
allow economic growth in Sidney
without unwanted industrial “‘eye-
sores,” while an American boater
who purchased a condo in Sidney
when he saw the marina plans,
said: “You have here in Sidney one
of the most beautiful waterfronts
that we have seen.”

Others said Granville West is
doing more to protect the environ-
ment than other marinas in the
area, especially with the installa-
tion of a sewage pumpout facility.

Meanwhile, Doug Mitchell said
the lesson council should leam
from the public meeting is “the
interest that this town has with
what is going on on the water-
front.”

He noted the marina was “first
class,” but the question is whether
the size has to be doubled right
now.

“Please don’t go away and mish
a decision,” he told aldermen,
adding perhaps council should
hold a referendum “to get a true
measure of public opinion.”

Strike threatens
local rest home

Unionized staff at the Mountain
Review Home in Central Saanich
have voted 100 per cent in favor of
strike action to back demands for a
first contract.

Negotiations between the Con-
tinuing Care Employer Relations
Association and the B.C. Govern-
ment Employees Union began last
September, after 11 staff members
joined the union. :

The union is still willing to
retum to bargaining, union negoti-
ator Daryl Barnett said.

“We are reluctant to take strike
action because we know it will
cause hardship but the govern-
ment’s refusal to provide funding
leaves us no other choice,” Bar-
nett said.

He said the government has not
made a long-term commitment to
fund the facility.

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