The backlog of investigations at the office of P.E.I.'s Information and Privacy Commissioner is growing, with waiting times measured in years. One advocate says the fact private companies like Island EMS aren't included creates 'huge gaps' in the information system.
P.E.I.’s minister of justice says a corporation with ties to the Irving family is now in compliance with P.E.I.’s limits on land ownership, even though that corporation has not sold land acquired in a controversial transfer in 2019 after a divestiture order from the minister the following year.
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Green Party hopes to close loophole with change to Lands Protection Act this spring
Opposition finance critic Michele Beaton said the Green Party hopes to table legislation as early as Wednesday to close what she referred to as a loophole in P.E.I. s Lands Protection Act.
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Minister Bloyce Thompson, who vowed two years ago to close loopholes, says he wants to wait until fall
Posted: May 11, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11
One of the purposes of P.E.I. s Lands Protection Act, according to the legislation itself, is to address the province s small land area and comparatively high population density. The law places limits on individual and corporate land ownership.(Open Farm Day/Facebook)