U.S. Man Wins Fight To Keep Property
22/08/2008 07:03
Century-old
Saskatchewan farm inherited from
momREGINA - An American man has won the right to keep his family's century-old farm in southeastern Saskatchewan, but still worries about what will happen to the homestead in the future if legislation isn't changed.
Dale Kreimeyer was given a lifetime exemption Thursday on a rule that limits foreign ownership of farmland to four hectares.
"I'm very happy what was accomplished," Kreimeyer told The Canadian Press in a telephone interview from Oklahoma.
"All the lawyers that I had talked to, they tell me, 'you don't have a chance in this thing. They just will not give you exemption.' So I'm very happy that they have given me exemption."
The Farm Land Security Board had given Kreimeyer until November to sell nearly all of the 260 hectares that his grandfather, Paul Berndt, first settled in Midale in 1909.
Kreimeyer inherited the land from his mother, Myrtle, in 1998.
SINC SAYS:
As one who was born and raised in our neighbour to the east, I can understand the ties to that land.