'they used to give it away free 100 years ago....'
Ummm.... No they didn't that is a fallacy.
And if you want arable land you can pay market price like everyone else does.
My feeling is that you've seen very very little of British Columbia-much of which is mountainsides and steep rocky valleys-there is no arable land that isn't already owned by someone using it.
Crown Land does come up for sale once in a while it's usually small lakeside lots priced at a premium.
Ummm.... No they didn't that is a fallacy.
And if you want arable land you can pay market price like everyone else does.
My feeling is that you've seen very very little of British Columbia-much of which is mountainsides and steep rocky valleys-there is no arable land that isn't already owned by someone using it.
Crown Land does come up for sale once in a while it's usually small lakeside lots priced at a premium.
People have tried but no one and I mean No One wants anything to do with mountaintops except for short visits.
source-used to work in Whistler that soulless shithole.