Agricultural listservs have been buzzing lately with calls to prevent the agricultural land reserve (ALR) from being weakened as part of Minister Bill Bennett's core review. The cursory provincewide public input into the review ends October 16, with southwestern B.C. hearings already done. Bennett has said that everything is on the table and has singled out for attention ALR land "covered by rocks and trees" that is still being protected, preventing other uses that would help the economy.
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