The Perry Commission of Inquiry into Six Mile Ranch was established by order in council 47 on 16 January 1998 pursuant to section 8 of the Inquiry Act and Section 40 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act. The commission was to inquire into and report on all applications described in section 40(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act respecting the Six Mile Ranch, Kamloops on the Lake Resort. Sections 40 to 43 empower cabinet to declare any application before the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) to be in the provincial interest. Once so declared, review of the application is conducted according to criteria that are significantly wider than those observed by the ALC and include probable environmental, economic, social, cultural and heritage effects, and, without limitation, the agricultural effects of the application. Jurisdiction of the Perry Commission was challenged in three areas, constitutional authority, alleged failure of due process, and, alleged lack of jurisdiction under the ALC Act. These challenges are addressed at the beginning of the commissions report. On 30 January commissioner David G. Perry met with directors of the ALC and developer of Six Mile Ranch, Kamloops on the Lake Resort, Michael Grenier, President, Pagebrook Inc. in the Burnaby office of the ALC. On 9 February the development site was inspected and public hearings were held in Kamloops on 10 and 11 February and again in Vancouver on 12 and 13 February. The commission submitted its report on 23 February 1998. In addition to addressing the terms of reference of order in council 47, the report made recommendations respecting potential problems raised by the use of section 40 of the Act.