Thousands of letters have forced the B.C. government to consider making changes to a proposed law affecting the management of the province’s farmland.
The Agriculture Land Commission Act, known as Bill 24, was introduced in the legislature by the Liberals in March and proposed dividing the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones.
The Agricultural Land Commission, which manages the reserve, would protect farmland from non-agricultural development in Zone 1 — Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan — where land is in the greatest demand.
Canadian Press – June 5, 2014.
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