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revive the Buy BC program are taking shape on the back of commitments made by the BC Liberals in the run-up to the provincial election in May. Developed by the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, the first program announced as part of the new Buy BC program, scheduled for relaunch in the new year, will be Eat Drink Local. It was one of several initiatives the BC Liberals announced in preparation for the May 9 provincial election. The province pledged $225,000 to the program – but it was hostage to the election outcome.


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orders of business for the BC NDP after its swearing in July 18 was to order a review of how the government of former Premier Christy Clark addressed aquifer contamination in the North Okanagan. Due by September 30, the authors missed their deadline as the report required more time than expected. “The report has not yet been finalized,” BC’s Ministry of Environment told Country


Life in BC. “We expect to receive the report in the next few weeks and will make it publically available.” Oliver Brandes, co-director of the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies and a technical advisor to the province regarding the ongoing development and implementation of the Water Sustainability Act is leading the review. Calvin Sandborn of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre is a special advisor.


Brandes and Sandborn are


working with ministry staff to finalize the report in collaboration with First Nations and key stakeholders. Trevor Hargreaves, director


of producer relations and communications for the BC Dairy Association, has been actively involved in discussions regarding the aquifer since the issue emerged. However, he has not been given a timeline for the report’s delivery. He’s looking forward to


See HULLCAR on next page o The agricultural news source in British Columbia since 1915 NOVEMBER 2017 | Vol. 103 No. 11


HORSE POWER! Adam Degenstein puts his team of Clydesdales, Raymond and Lucas, to the test at the 41st annual North Okanagan Plowing Match in Armstrong earlier this fall. PATTI THOMAS PHOTO


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