Manitoba Co-operator

Comment: The rules keep changing on Crown land

Changes from the old community-based allocation system equate to flexible red tape

CROWN LAND Changes from the old community-based allocation system equate to flexible red tape

In 2018, the provincial Progressive Conservatives began instituting new regulations under the Crown Lands Amendment Act, in response to a request from the Manitoba Beef Producers who, in 2017, asked for the agricultural Crown land lease allocation system to be changed from its long-standing community and Manitoba farmer-centred points-based system to a pure auction system.

Letters: Crown land leaseholders deserve vote

Letters: Crown land leaseholders deserve vote

Since 2016 Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Manitoba Ministers of Agriculture have badly served 1,700 Manitoba Agricultural Crown Land Lease holders and destroyed the points-based unit transfer system. This is a scandal. It is a scandal that was disguised as ‘red tape cutting’ and driven by the erroneous idea that agricultural Crown land access for