the bylaw would interfere with their ability to produce and raise food for their families and community<\/a>.<\/p>\nRia Neish is raising 40 chickens and three pigs on 300 acres of land in South Brookfield.<\/p>\n
Neish doesn\u2019t feel it\u2019s reasonable to ask someone like herself who is not running a commercial farming operation to apply for permits to be allowed to supply food for themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cFood is deplete in the grocery stores. The animals are treated deplorably in the grocery stores. That is why we live where we live. To raise animals well. To let them live full, happy, fulfilled life, living all their instincts out,\u201d said Neish. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re doing what we\u2019re doing and the fact that I would have to ask permission for that I do object to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank Babin of Moose Harbour is concerned enforcing regulations on rural communities will change the culture in Queens.<\/p>\n
He wants the region to allow people to continue to live as they have for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially the kids, \u2018cause that\u2019s who I\u2019m thinking of. They used to go by and say hey look at that horse, look at that cow,\u201d said Babin. \u201cI don\u2019t want to see that taken away \u2018cause we are a rural community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Darlene Norman says some of the permitting requirements are there to ensure the region is aware of what kinds of activities are taking place on a piece of land.<\/p>\n
\u201cA development agreement is just in place to note that in addition to residential, there\u2019s also household livestock as part of that main use, is how it was explained to me,\u201d said Norman.<\/p>\n
After reflecting on the discussion, the mayor is concerned that people feel the region is trying to force urban values on rural areas when in fact they\u2019re designed to keep urban uses out of those rural areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese documents actually protect rural interests like livestock farming, like household livestock, like forestry uses. It zones these wharves and says these are fishing marine areas,\u201d said Norman. \u201cSo, I sometimes wonder if people have misinterpreted the value of them. Because the majority of our lands are rural, and they allow rural uses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now that the second public hearing sessions are complete, the proposed bylaw will go back to council for consideration at their next meeting May 24.<\/p>\n
Council will review the public input and determine whether to make any adjustments before voting on the bylaw.<\/p>\n
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