Former government staffer testifies about B.C.’s plan to cede control of lakes
KAMLOOPS — Testimony in a civil suit launched by the Douglas Lake Cattle Company against the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club concluded on Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court.
The cattle company is suing the club for trespassing in a battle over access to a pair of lakes near Merritt, and court heard from a former top bureaucrat.
Al Martin, a former Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture, appeared via video conference from Victoria and testified about his involvement in a briefing around the licensing and tenuring of lakes for commercial recreation fisheries, such as the Douglas Lake Ranch.