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BC ag minister says ALR changes will proceed

May 26, 2014, Kelowna, BC – Any hope that opponents of proposed government changes B.C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve had that the legislation would be scrapped appear to have been quashed by Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick.

Despite an avalanche of feedback about the proposed changes – much it negative according to Letnick – he told the Capital News the legislation, known as Bill 24, along with several amendments he proposed shortly after taking over as minister in April, will be passed in the legislature this week. READ MORE