The Province
A land war is shaping up between Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and the federal government body known as Port Metro Vancouver.
Brodie believes 200 farms in the Agricultural Land Reserve should be preserved for growing food, while the port is eyeing such areas as sites for development that could create thousands of trade-related jobs.
“It’s infuriating,” Brodie told The Province. “I’m not prepared to accept it for one minute.
“It’s a declaration of war,” he said of the port’s thinly-veiled operation to convert the historic Gilmore farm on No. 8 Rd. to industrial use.
Port president Robin Silvester welcomes the controversy that a full discussion would bring, even though the topic is sure to expose deep divisions. …