File 2020.4.4.04 - Agricultural Land Commission 1979-1982

• Textual record

3 cm of textual records

File consists of Gary Runka's records relating to the Agricultural Land Commission after departing his role as Chairman. During this period he consulted for the ALC and continued on as a part-time Commission member. Includes correspondence, papers, informational material, and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

• Joan Sawicki's notes on the history and overview of the Canada Land Inventory
• Pamphlet on Railway Right-of-Way Abandonment Problems for Farmland
• David Stupich MLA Nanaimo Legislative Report 16 Oct. 1979 "An Open Letter to the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, BC Federation of Agriculture, the United Church of Canada and SPEC and to all other individuals and organizations that support the concept of preserving agricultural land under the aegis of the BC Land Commission"
• Telegraph from Rafe Mair, Minister of Environment, to ALC staff
• Gary Runka's 1979 resignation letter (to end his involvement with the ALC)
• ALC In-house discussion paper drafts
• "Farm Taxation - A Growing Concern"
• "Bibliography of Articles Pertaining to Agricultural Land Preservation in British Columbia"
• "Farmland in British Columbia: A general fact sheet by SPEC Society Promoting Environmental Conservation"
• Newspaper article featuring interview with Gary Runka "Saving farmland shouldn't have to be a political issue"
• "The Land - Always the Land" film proposal by Robert Nichol (1980)
• "The Effects of Zoning and Development Controls on Rural Landowners and Users" by Edward Manning (Oct. 1979)
• "Farmland and Farming in British Columbia" by Raymond Rodgers
• "Submission to the Agricultural Land Commission by John Rogers, Commissioner, re: Homesite Severance"
• "The B.C. Land Commission: Keeping the Options Open" informational booklet
• Joint statement by BC Institute of Agrologists and BC Federation of Agriculture opposing land use policy recommendations in the final report of the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture
• "B.C. Land Commission critical Path of ALR Plans" prepared by Joan Sawicki (1978)
• Vancouver Sun front page news article "Ex-chairman resigns from land commission" (5 Oct. 1979)
• Newspaper article " 'B.C. agriculture threatened' says former land commissioner"
• "In Defence of Rangeland" by Geoffrey Paynter, presented to the Regional District of Central Okanagan (June 1979)
• "Submission to the Regional District of Central Okanagan from the BC Federation of Agriculture, the BC Fruit Growers Association, the Association of BC Grape Growers, and the BC Cattlemen's Association pursuant to By-law #22 (Oct. 1979)