In reply to a request from The Globe and Mail for “all studies, reports and assessments, including briefing notes to the Premier” regarding the Agricultural Land Commission and the Agricultural Land Reserve, the Ministry of Agriculture handed over 93 blank pages. Until the BC government is ready to release those pages – without redaction – and to make its case publicly for Bill 24, the legislation should not proceed to final reading. “The redactions also show that the Ministry of Agriculture, which is currently seeking public input on the bill, has nothing to share with the public when it comes to the formulation of that legislation. And that’s a problem – both for the citizens of B.C., who have a right to know why such significant changes are being made to the Agricultural Land Reserve, and for the government, whose credibility is at stake.”