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RDBN Chair wants more regulations on foreign ownership of land

Chair of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Bill Miller wants to see more regulations around foreign ownership of land.

He raised the issue in Ottawa at a municipal convention last week saying some corporations have been abusing the system.

“A chemical company out of Europe was buying up vast tracts of agricultural land and returning it back to forest to get carbon credits for it. So what they’re doing is taking productive agricultural land out of our land reserve.”

Miller want’s to see more consistent regulations that don’t negatively impact foreign investment.

He says it will help protect agricultural land and food security in rural areas.

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