Vicki Huntington / Delta Optimist April 9, 2014 12:00 AM You may have heard that the government's new Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act is relatively benign. The reality is the bill will completely undermine the security of 90 per cent of B.C.'s agricultural land. Coupled with other changes, the bill affects all of the ALR, from the Peace River Valley to the Lower Mainland. Let's start with the biggest change: the decision to split the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) into two zones. Zone 1 is Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and Okanagan. Zone 2 is northern B.C., the Cariboo and Kootenays. - See more at: http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/bill-undermines-security-of-agricultural-land-reserve-1.947779#sthash.xW05DC1t.dpuf