Whereas local governments with land in the Agricultural Land Reserve ALR can observe land use that may not be in compliance with Agricultural Land Commission ALC regulations raising concerns about the integrity of the ALR, and the long-term viability of agricultural production; And whereas the Agricultural Land Commission currently has only eight compliance and enforcement staffincluding six officers, one advisor, and one supervisorwho are responsible for overseeing approximately 4.6 million hectares of ALR land across British Columbia, which is greatly insufficient given the growing enforcement challenges and land-use pressures: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM call on the provincial government to provide increased funding to the Agricultural Land Commission to significantly expand its compliance and enforcement team to improve oversight and reduce non-compliant land uses that threaten the integrity of agricultural land in British Columbia.
