It requires approval from the Agricultural Land Commission. A person wanting to do such a thing must source an alternate similar sized piece of land, convert it to agricultural use to the extent it fully replaces the original land. So buying 5000 hectares up in the isolated mountains with no growing range and no grazing won’t cut it.
For gadget purposes? Sure thing.And BC real estate is a model to emulate?
And they could work the land at night without lighting because everything will have that healthy glow.
The provincial government can do that with the stroke of a pen, with or without the municipality's consent. I imagine the federal government has at least similar authority.
And it’s a pain in the ass for the landowner to sell, especially if it’s land that should never have been in the ALR to begin with. There’s land in the reserve that can only grow rocks unless you spend a fortune trying to get water to it, never mind getting the permits to do so legally.
Hmm. I think I know this land that you speak of, lol.
I'm not a rocket surgeon, but I suspect if the station could have been put further north than it already is for technical reasons, they would have been more than happy to put it in the 705 area code at/near that part of the world near Sudbury instead of near an agricultural, more-densely-populated part of the province. Also, my non-tech understanding is that the Kawartha Lakes facility is being built in some kind of positional proximity to the Clearview facility, so it may not be as simple as moving just one facility. Happy to be straightened out by folks who know about this OTH stuff than I do, though.
One man's "expensive military gadget" is another's "need this shit to detect other shit coming over the Arctic - in part to help protect Canada, and in part to keep the U.S. happy"
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it is just a receiver site. Keep the grass cut around the antennas and don't allow any lumpy things to block the line of sight.
By the read of some of the Kawartha comments, it might have been helpful to have an aluminum foil dispenser at the open house. A mix of anti-everythings (probably typed on a phone requiring a cel-tower) and NIMBYs who are ok if it is somebody else's backyard.I'm not a rocket surgeon, but I suspect if the station could have been put further north than it already is for technical reasons, they would have been more than happy to put it in the 705 area code at/near that part of the world near Sudbury instead of near an agricultural, more-densely-populated part of the province. Also, my non-tech understanding is that the Kawartha Lakes facility is being built in some kind of positional proximity to the Clearview facility, so it may not be as simple as moving just one facility. Happy to be straightened out by folks who know about this OTH stuff than I do, though.
One man's "expensive military gadget" is another's "need this shit to detect other shit coming over the Arctic - in part to help protect Canada, and in part to keep the U.S. happy"
Here's a bit of MSM coverage from the public meetings on the project from earlier in September ....
Residents voice concerns over massive defence project coming to Clearview Township
A massive defence project planned for agricultural land in Clearview Township is facing fierce pushback.There's real hoops to have to go through, for sure - after all, a lot of critics of the government say Ottawa may need to make tough choices to help defend Canada better than it has - but NIMBY's also gonna NIMBY, no matter the project, no matter where ....Kawartha Lakes radar project sparks questions over safety, environment, and transparency — Lindsay Advocate
The Department of National Defence held a public engagement session in Coboconk to answer questions about a transmit site being... Continue reading "Kawartha Lakes radar project sparks questions over safety, environment, and transparency"lindsayadvocate.ca
For me it’s not aluminum foil stuff. I’d like to see that thing plunked right in the middle of a densely populated Liberal Postal code. The same with every other gadget from Wind tower turbines to solar farms. Relocate those fine people to edge of the great lithium and gallium mines.
Good, they should be where people can see them. They need to know how the sausage is made. Also it makes posting people to the locations to maintain and protect the equipment easier, and shows the Canadian public what the CAF does. Living and working the communities. Enough with the bases in the middle of nowhere.
One article gives context in terms of "number of bottles of whiskey from the corn that could be grown".
Eyeroll emoji... Corn is not grown on "good" farmland.
I want to believe there is a good reason why the Clearview site was considered over some no-longer-used ground on Base Borden a few kliks south, rather than buying land on the market. Someone earlier mentioned UXO from previous Base uses, which would make sense.
Well, you made me go to the County soil map. It seems half of the plot is decent sandy loam but the part up against the Minising Swamp is good soil but poorly drained. Recalling my time working summers on a family farm just west of there, it is generally good soil. The Alliston area used to be noted for tobacco but now is heavy into potatoes (original home of Miss Vicky's) because they favour a lighter soil.
According to my dad, before they drained the Holland Marsh for agriculture, it was mostly stills and bootleggers.
I think this is an Army.ca first. Sidetrack into soil types and crops. At least its not PRes Reorg, and is something fresh.
But what uniform do you wear when assessing the soil?
Maybe some of those hesitant about science and distrusting about government since the COVID days may still be hesitant about this science still distrusting - same weapon system, different target?
Nah this is just windmill, high voltage power lines pseudoscience all over again. That was going on long before this situation.Maybe some of those hesitant about science and distrusting about government since the COVID days may still be hesitant about this science still distrusting - same weapon system, different target?
"Legacy" hesitancy, if you will, like flouride?
