County requests cemetery support

HALDIMAND—Haldimand Council is joining Clearview Township, who requested in January that municipalities ask the Province for funding to maintain and operate abandoned cemeteries. The Clearview letter asked for several adjustments to current policy, including: Identifying the Province, through the Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO), as the default owner/operator of abandoned cemeteries Provide municipalities annual funding for the maintenance of cemeteries….