Medical Marijuana Production on Agricultural Land Reserve Land

WHEREAS local governments may regulate land use within their boundaries through the Local Government Act, however, a local government may not prohibit an outright farm use on Agricultural Land Reserve ALR land; AND WHEREAS the Agricultural Land Commission is empowered to regulate use on lands within the ALR and has determined the farming of marijuana for medical purposes to be a farm use under the definition restricting local governments ability to regulate the location of medical marijuana production on ALR land: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request the provincial government to amend the Agricultural Land Commission Act definition of farm use to exclude medical marijuana production as a farm use.