In all the discussion about the Garden City Lands, some participants have lost their bearings. They have lost their focus on the purpose of the federal government when it entrusted the land title to a crown corporation. That becomes clear when we refer to the press release from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, which was in [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Helping Canada Lands get its bearings
September 29, 2008Coming together for the next stage
September 24, 2008In a meeting that ended on October 1, a special panel of B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission considered the application to remove the Garden City Lands from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). When the decision is announced, it will mark the end of a stage in the issue.
For anyone who looks ahead, though, the next [...]
Canada Lands’ mandate
September 17, 2008In 2005, the federal government entrusted title to the Garden City Lands to Canada Lands Company and its subidiary. Canada Lands’ policy page states the mandate of both:
The mandate of Canada Lands Company Limited (CLCL), a non-agent federal Crown corporation is to ensure the commercially oriented, orderly disposition of surplus strategic real properties, optimizing financial [...]
The Mexico City example
September 12, 2008Popular visions for the future of the Garden City Lands include community gardens, along with community farms where needy citizens help create food security. That sort of vision seems to be breaking out in North America like wildfires. Now there are community gardens multiplying in Mexico City!
The city has 20 million people. “Our goal,” says the program director, ”is that [...]
