Agricultural Land Reserve under attack

Many of you have heard the news lately of the Liberal government’s proposal to restructure ALR lands to make it easier for non-agricultural resource development – read oil and gas. We are at a critical historical point on this planet and MUST siginificantly shift our reliance on fossil fuels and stop corporate capitalism from eroding the ALR and further destroying our planet.

Check out the Globe and Mail from Nov 7th.

British Columbia’s “sacrosanct” Agricultural Land Commission will be effectively dismantled and the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission will assume new responsibilities for land use decisions if a proposal prepared for cabinet is adopted, according to confidential government documents.

See the full article below

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-government-documents-summarize-proposal-to-dismantle-agricultural-land-commission/article15322690/

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