Increase Funding Resources for the Agricultural Land Commission

WHEREAS the success of agriculture depends on an investment in infrastructure, education and expertise by the provincial government through their Ministry of Agriculture and British Columbia is spending a mere 3.3 of Gross Domestic Product for supporting the agricultural industry, while the average in Canada is 16.4; AND WHEREAS the Agricultural Land Reserve ALR is a provincial land use zone in favour of agriculture administered by the Agricultural Land Commission ALC to preserve BCs limited agricultural land base and to provide land use certainty to encourage agricultural businesses: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the provincial government increase financial support and provide additional resources to the Agricultural Land Commission for increased services in support of agricultural businesses.