Should more of the province’s agricultural land be opened up for development?

Posted on April 19, 2014 in Poll // 3 Comments

ARMCHAIR MAYOR POLL — The future of the Agricultural Land Reserve is up for debate as the B.C. Liberals propose changes. Some think the changes will threaten agriculture land but others think we need to open up land for development. What do you think? Check out the poll in the righthand sidebar of this page.

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3 Comments on Should more of the province’s agricultural land be opened up for development?

Richard Carlson // April 19, 2014 at 8:21 PM // Reply

At the moment most of our food is imported from around the world, but as fuel costs continue to escalate, so too will food costs and we will be wishing we could grow more in British Columbia.
Murray // April 19, 2014 at 10:27 AM // Reply

I have no problem with giving farmers the ability to make income off their farms so they can stay farming the problem is the tinfoil hats who automatically go off the deep end and think all the ALR land is going to be turned into condos or parking lots
- Grouchy1 // April 19, 2014 at 5:59 PM // Reply
  
  The problem is that the Liberals will not be able to help themselves. Good fertile land will be given to their supporters and friends, and the crap land will be left behind for the rest of us.