Just a few months before B.C. Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm drafted a cabinet proposal to curtail the powers of the Agricultural Land Commission, the Crown agency issued him a stinging rebuke. “In our respectful view, those representations were not appropriate. They could create the impression for both the Commission and the public that these officials were attempting to politically influence the Commission,” the ALC said. Two months after the ALC rejected the land application, Mr. Pimm drafted a proposal calling for cabinet to restrict the powers of the ALC and to bring the autonomous Crown agency directly under the control of his ministry. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-agriculture-minister-seeks-to-curtail-agencys-powers/ar