Ontario farmer, Frank Meyers, loses family land to military base expansion
85-year-old West Quinte, Ontario, farmer Frank Meyers' has had 90 hectares of land expropriated by the Ministry of National Defence for a planned expansion to CFB Trenton, purportedly to house Canadian Special Forces, Joint Task Force 2.Mr. Meyers is the sole holdout in a process that has been ongoing since 2006.The land has been in his family since 1798, and Mr. Meyers...
85-year-old West Quinte, Ontario, farmer Frank Meyers' has had 90 hectares of land expropriated by the Ministry of National Defence for a planned expansion to CFB Trenton, purportedly to house Canadian Special Forces, Joint Task Force 2.
Mr. Meyers is the sole holdout in a process that has been ongoing since 2006.
The land has been in his family since 1798, and Mr. Meyers was born on the farm, but this year's crop will likely be his last harvest. He says his fight is not about money, but about the protection of prime farmland.
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Mr. Meyers is the sole holdout in a process that has been ongoing since 2006.
The land has been in his family since 1798, and Mr. Meyers was born on the farm, but this year's crop will likely be his last harvest. He says his fight is not about money, but about the protection of prime farmland.
Click 'Listen' to hear Frank Meyers.