VICTORIA – After trying to brush aside the issue, the B.C. Liberals have conceded that carbon credit schemes are a threat to B.C.’s Agricultural Land Reserve. “Along with my colleagues on the Opposition Standing Committee for Agriculture and Food, I’ve …
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