B.C.’s agriculture minister is brushing aside concerns that a delay in forming regional panels to oversee the Agricultural Land Reserve will lead to a backlog of unresolved applications.
Norm Letnick said he will announce a full slate of 18 commissioners in six regional panels next week at the legislature. The appointments are a week past a deadline set by Premier Christy Clark in Letnick’s mandate letter.
“I asked for extra time because I wanted to speak to each of the finalists to make sure I had a good sense that we were getting 18 people with a balanced perspective,” Letnick said. “The timing of the appointments will have very little impact to the timelines for processing applications.”
Rob Shaw – Vancouver Sun – October 3, 2014.
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