The Ministry of Agriculture has withdrawn, at least temporarily, a plan to use satellites to detect violations of regulations governing the Agricultural Land Reserve.
MDA Systems was to provide radar satellite surveillance over parts of the ALR to detect road-building, commercial vehicle storage and non-compliant buildings on farms, according to a government notice.
But the $70,000 contract was abruptly withdrawn Monday after farmers complained the government was “effectively spying on both citizens and private land on a daily basis,” in a formal objection to the Agricultural Land Commission.
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