[All] ARA update and Canadian Farmland At Risk says experts.

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hi folks

The Aggregate Resource Act  review process restarted with unanimous consent in Provincial legislature today. The ARA Committee is to meet Monday, then research has to compile all the submissions and report writing will begin late May.

Not a moment too soon. This article was released in the Hill Times: 


Canada’s limited amount of prime farmland is disappearing under 
subdivisions and strip malls, risking the country’s ability to feed 
itself, say experts.

Between 1971 and 2011, urbanization consumed an area of farmland almost 
three times the size of Prince Edward Island. By 2001, about half of 
Canada’s urbanized land was located on the country’s “most productive 
farmland,” according to Statistics Canada.

http://www.hilltimes.com/policy-briefing/2013/04/22/prime-farmland-disappearing-under-development-across-canada/34461?page_requested=1


Lulu 
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