Re: Business Of Agriculture: The Integrity of The ALR Dear Mr. Gibson, Do you really believe what you are saying?! Balance?! I have watched thousands of acres of excellent farm…
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Abbotsford resident and Abbotsford Today contributor Walter Neufeld has be writing and receiving a series of emails starting with MLA Simon Gibson and continueing through Agriculture Minister Norm Letnik over…
Dear MLA Gibson, I’m writing this morning to ask that you consider helping stop the passage of Bill 24 and to express my concerns about it’s design to undermine the…
From Lana Popham. Yesterday as the ALR legislation was tabled I felt immediate rage. I became someone I rarely am inside that chamber. I yelled at Minister Bennett, I yelled…
Just can’t stay away from that public trough Opinion – By Mike Archer. Wait for it … you’ll be surprised … John Les just got another retirement job. This one…
Protecting Agricultural Land: The Past, Present and Proposed changes to BC legislation have put the Agricultural Land Reserve at risk. Protecting the ALR is essential to the food security and…
By Anne Russell. What would the Lower Mainland look like today if it wasn’t for the Agricultural Land Reserve? As the provincial Agricultural Land Commission marks its 40th anniversary this…
By Lynn Perrin BGS MPP. Regarding Vancouver Sun story about farmers hoarding land, in the 2005 the ALC allowed Abbotsford Council to exclude 459 acres of Class 1 & 2…
From Lynn Perrin. Upon asking why copies of the AAC minutes of March and April 2013 were not available to the public on the City’s AAC minutes web page I…