Pat Pimm and Agricultural Land Commission

Agricultural Land Commission: On the day Premier Christy Clarks government was holding a ceremony to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident, in which a group of would-be immigrants from India was turned back because of Canadas racist laws, former agriculture minister Pat Pimm was apologizing for emailed remarks about First Nations people. , according to Times Colonist. In July 2012, Pimm, MLA for Peace River North, emailed Agricultural Land Commission chairman Richard Bullock and Liberal MLAs, including former agriculture minister Don McRae and current Energy Minister Bill Bennett, who is spearheading a review of the ALC. A gracious apology is good, but behaviour that negates the need for an apology is far better. Politicians need to be more careful with what they say and write, so apologies arent needed. In the debate leading up to passage of the Agricultural Land Commission Act on Thursday, NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons read from emails that indicated the governments plans to change the law had been in the works for at least two years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.