BC Landscape & Nursery Association
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Advocacy regarding regulations under the Water Sustainability Act. The request is to require Water Sustainability Plans include an agricultural water reserve to ensure water accessibility for farms and food security. And to phase out groundwater licensing for farms that are included in the agricultural water reserves.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity, Development or enactment of any regulation, including the enactment of a regulation for the purposes of amending or repealing a regulation
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Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment
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Ensure adequate resources for post secondary horticultural education
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Advanced Education, Agriculture, Economic Development and Trade
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Ensure that the list of normal agricultural practices for FIRB evolve as the farming sector evolves with new technologies and practices.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture
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Improvement and updating water use data for the Agriculture Water Demand Model including the Agricultural Land Use Inventories
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Environment
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Reduction of regulatory barriers to selling clean energy sources into the electrical grid for agricultural greenhouses.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, Energy
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Request for resources to research horticulture classifications for business risk management programs. Re-classification may lead to more appropriate resources allocated and simplification of the process to administer and access programs.
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Awarding, amendment or termination of any contract, grant or financial benefit by or on behalf of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, Finances and Budgets
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Review and Revise agricultural equipment exemption list for PST.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture, Economic Development and Trade, Finances and Budgets
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Seeking Government resources for expertise in the Plant Health Unit at the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture
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to consider agriculture as an essential service when developing policies and programs to ensure food and agricultural production is supported in Labour, Water and Land resources as well as in competitiveness in domestic and global markets.
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Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy, directive or guideline of the government of British Columbia or a Provincial entity
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Agriculture
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