MR. IAN PATON

BILL M 207 – 2024

PRESERVING BRUNSWICK POINT FOR AGRICULTURE AND
MIGRATING WATERFOWL HABITAT ACT

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Explanatory Note Icon

This Bill requires certain treatment of Brunswick Point Crown lands by the government.

Definition

1 In this Act, "Crown land" has the same meaning as in the Land Act.

Preserving Brunswick Point lands

2 Brunswick Point Crown land, within the agricultural land reserve, which has

(a) a farm use covenant, restricting lands to agricultural use, and

(b) a conservation covenant, conserving the lands for soil-based agriculture and migratory bird habitat and resting grounds,

in perpetuity, must be sold back to the original farm families or be offered to Delta farmers with long-term leases.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent.


Explanatory Note

This Bill requires certain treatment of Brunswick Point Crown lands by the government.