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[Nparker]

It's CBC. Did you expect legitimate journalism?

[lanforod]

There actually isn't that much really in the ALR if you look at the map. I'm okay with not permitting development on that land if it truely is high value, arable land. Perhaps the rules around tax breaks should be reviewed, and if the goal is to increase agriculture production on said land, then incentivize that further.

 

I'm less okay with the arbitrary UCB; that affects land prices here far more, IMO.

 

Edited by lanforod, 23 June 2023 - 07:35 AM.

[Mike K.]

When an airport is within ALR…

[G-Man]

Keeping ALR in and around Victoria is important for many reasons and food production is just one. There is still a ton of buildable land across the region so I think we are fine to leave what is one of the nicest parts of the region alone. 

[Mike K.]

What part is that, the nice part?

 

I dunno, a lot of what I'm seeing with ALR, is very wealthy people, living on very large estates, paying very low taxes. Surely we can turn some of these 5, 10 and 15 acre properties into more housing, no?

[Victoria Watcher]

Keeping ALR in and around Victoria is important for many reasons and food production is just one. There is still a ton of buildable land across the region so I think we are fine to leave what is one of the nicest parts of the region alone.

Local area food production is less than 10% of what we consume. Why is this important to preserve? And if it is, why do we not seek to acquire the other 90% we need?

[aastra]

 

Local area food production is less than 10% of what we consume. Why is this important to preserve?

 

You obviously aren't looking ahead to WW3 and the "road warrior" society that will follow in its wake. You'd starve* if not for the agricultural reserve lands.

 

*We can assume there would be super strict new laws against hunting and fishing, in order to protect the environment. Heck, even daring to shoo a deer away from the ALR would probably be regarded as an offense against nature and therefore a major crime. Suffice it to say, things would be even more absurdly ironic and self-contradictory than they are now.

[Matt R.]

Local area food production is less than 10% of what we consume. Why is this important to preserve? And if it is, why do we not seek to acquire the other 90% we need?

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Lots of local product simply tastes better. Isn’t that reason enough?

[dasmo]

ALR is a good thing. Once the price of a head of lettuce from Mexico reaches $50 because of climate change mandates we might be grateful we have the ability still to grow here.

[Nparker]

...Once the price of a head of lettuce from Mexico reaches $50 because of climate change mandates we might be grateful we have the ability still to grow here.

Where we'll have the privilege of paying $60 because it's locally grown.

[GaryOak]

Honestly sometimes local produce is cheaper than buying from the grocery store.

[Matt R.]

I think you’d be surprised at how much island produce makes its way into grocery stores and restaurants. I’m not just talking about $7 pints of berries, I mean 50lb cases of carrots, potatoes, onions, squash, etc.

In season, a company like Sysco or GFS stocks local produce by default, because it’s cheaper for them.

[dasmo]

It’s not something to lose IMO. Not in clown world anyway. They are cancelling farms in the Netherlands because climate change might cause global food shortages…

[dasmo]

When we lived in town we did a veggie box. Delivered and wasn’t too expensive.

Edited by dasmo, 23 June 2023 - 08:13 PM.

[GaryOak]

Can't believe I'm agreeing with PP on something.
https://twitter.com/...3itps0owWQ&s=19

[lanforod]

It’s more of a provincial problem, need the same thing, but at the provincial level. Far more transit stations are provincial funded.