File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka to the Canadian Council on Rural Development entitled "Land Use Control".
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is another important document.
GGR covers several points including a discussion of the impact of changes to rural areas from the food producer's perspective. He notes that local governments are not well positioned to effectively achieve farmland preservation - but there is a need for a coordinated approach.
The point is made that good rural planning depends on good urban planning.
A summary is made of efforts at rural planning and farmland preservation in other North American jurisdictions. An example is outlined of the complexity of overlapping land use controls and returns to a common theme - "merging the reality of land as a commodity with the ethic of land as a natural resource"."
