File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Agricultural Land Commission 1978 - What's Happening?" to a UBC Soil Science and Land Use Planning Seminar.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This is simply a single page outline of a speech given at a UBC Soil Science and Land Use Seminar providing an overview of the farmland preservation program to date.
The outline is broken into 5 sections:
- Brief History (of the legislation, designation of the ALR and program administration);
- Fine Tuning (of the ALR);
- Grazing Lands;
- Settlement and Community Plans; and
- The "young farmer" program"
The actual speech based on this outline is not included."