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Beneficial changes being made to help farmers mitigate impacts of climate change through research

Prince Edward Island Government finds new way to undermine the spirit and intent of the Lands Protection Act.

This media release was published last Friday: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/…/beneficial-changes… The PEI King Government has chipped away once again, at the foundation of the Lands Protection Act by giving corporations an exemption of up to 350 acres for research purposes.

Who does this exemption benefit? The first criteria will tell you.

– “The applicant must be at or is expected to reach its land holding limit in the reasonably foreseeable future.”

There are 1354 farms on PEI, of those farms only 21 are at 2250 acres or more.

Source: Stats Canada, PEI Government web site

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/beneficial-changes-being-made-to-help-farmers-mitigate-impacts-of-climate-change-throug h

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Thanks to Chris Ortenburger for sharing this article in her Citizens’ Alliance newsletter this morning, along with these comments: “There is so much in that interview that brings up more questions for the Minister and Premier: must all land be in “production”? where is good Land Use Planning? (notice that may not be the same as Where is the Land Use Plan? ;-) where is the IRAC report on the Kings County land holdings that former Environment and former Lands and Community minister Stephen Myers set in motion? Why can’t the Land Department keep track of land? Why have IRAC in charge of this when her government has announced it is set to break up IRAC and there will certainly be a lot of transition? And things not addressed here: What about non-profit land protection organizations like Island Nature Trust? (this has been addressed elsewhere with a wave of the hand, but it would be good if the minister recognised this clearly) Why are agriculture giants not addressed, but non-profits? How easy will it be to work around this law? Have they thought that far in the future? This also feels like a use of a lot of government legislative writing time that could be spent on other promised legislation

Thanks to Chris Ortenburger for sharing this article in her Citizens’ Alliance newsletter this morning, along with these comments: “There is so much in that