An independent report on agricultural revitalization in British Columbia is calling for a task force to address the 'imbalance' between oil and gas development and agriculture in the province's northeast.
Published Wednesday, May 1, 2019 1:50AM EDT
It calls for the proposed task force to review how to balance the surface rights of farmers and ranchers with subsurface rights of the extractors, and to deliver a strategy to address "the significant resource extraction issues" affecting farmland in the Peace Region. The report recommends the Energy and Agriculture ministries, the Agricultural Land Commission and the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission work together to develop a healthier relationship that respects not only the energy industry, but also the "increasingly besieged agriculture industry."
The proposed task force should review how farmers and ranchers might be given authority to influence negotiations on the location of oil and gas facilities and infrastructure, and complete an impact assessment of all oil and gas activity within the ALR, the report says. "I want to thank the committee for its dedication and the thoughtful recommendations made in this report," said the statement says.
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