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Mar. 1978 (Creation)
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File consists of an untitled speech to the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce regarding land use planning and its impact on the food producer.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"These 3 pages of notes prepared for a speech given to the Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce are packed with several important themes and is a more refined version of [2020.4.2.1.24].
Some of the important themes mentioned include:
- Preserving the option of agriculture in BC will not be accomplished by preserving agricultural land alone;
- Prior to the ALR we were losing our best farmland first;
- BC is attempting to become more self-sufficient in food production;
- BC agriculture is diverse but lacks large volumes of any single commodity;
- Rural areas must be carefully planned to protect food production and not thought of as a storehouse of future urban development;
- With land use planning it is often difficult to see benefits in the short term but losses for a few people should amount to long term gains for many; and
- Several examples are provided of initiatives aimed at protecting rural areas, habitat etc.
The speech notes include the first mention of the work of the Ministry of Agriculture's Greenzone Committee and its efforts to find ways of reducing land use conflicts.
Many of these themes have been considered in previous speeches but are consolidated here and the paper ends with a need for food producers to get involved in land use planning process."
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Personal or academic use of materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.
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Source: Barry Smith, ed. "Binder 1 - Archival Material - British Columbia's Farmland Preservation Program: G. Gary Runka Collection - Speeches", 2015.