Glenn Walker, chairman of the Ontario Normal Farm Practices
Board, is retiring after 11 years, three as vice-chairman and the last eight as
chairman.
He is a lawyer from Ridgetown who dominated public hearings,
giving them a relatively legalistic atmosphere as compared with the appeals
tribunal and marketing commission.
Most of the hearings arise when neighbours complain about
noises and odours from farms. Most are also withdrawn or settled before a
public hearing proves necessary.
