...I'm here to save you...
except for Frank Meyers...
Ottawa bought property north of CFB Trenton but ran into fierce opposition from one farmer whose ultimately unsuccessful fight to keep his 90-hectare farm made headlines. The government eventually expropriated Frank Meyers’ land; he died last year.
Just kidding... we don't need it after all.
The Defence Department has not said what it will do with the land that was purchased expropriated near CFB Trenton, though officials have suggested it could be used for training or to store ammunition.
I's Pickering Airport all over again. Remember, these are also
the functionaries who set Health Care policy... and we all know how well that's working.
BACKGROUND: So, in the end, it was all for nothing...
Legally speaking, the owners had no real choice. If the state wants your land (for a highway, a hospital or a top-secret training facility), you can either sell now or be expropriated later.
In the end, 85-year-old Frank Meyers agreed to go quietly. No last-minute standoff. No task force hauling him away. “I just got to the point where I broke down,” he says, holding back tears. “I’m talking to you now and I’m shivering. But they don’t care. Nobody cares.”
Frank has never lived anywhere else, working the family land since he was able to walk. By 14, he was in charge of the entire farm, part dairy operation, part cash crops.
