The B.C. government aims to revitalize the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), the tribunal which is dedicated to preserving agricultural land and encouraging farming in the province.
The first step in the process came in January, when an independent committee of nine members was named to help shape the process of modernization for the ALC.
Jennifer Dyson, Vicki Huntington, Chief Byron Louis, Lenore Newman, Chris Kloot, Shaundehl Runka, Imri Critcher, Arzeema Hamir and Brian Underhill make up the panel, which will engage in public consultation and make recommendations on changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve program in order to better encourage farming in British Columbia.
The public consultation process will see the panel set up regional meetings in Abbotsford, Fort St. John, Cranbrook, Kelowna, Kamloops, Nanaimo and Price George, Quesnel and Richmond.
The meetings will be held in conjunction with an online survey, which is available at engage.gov.bc.ca/agriculturallandreserve. The survey will remain open until April 30, 2018.
