Posted: Apr 29, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 29
P.E.I. s Minister of Justice and Public Safety Bloyce Thompson hand-delivered a report on a controversial land transaction on March 5 to the standing committee that demanded it from him just as he promised to do when the committee issued its subpoena.(Kirk Pennell/CBC News)
All-party committee lists 7 ways to improve P.E.I. s new water regulations
A legislative standing committee that has been looking at regulations under Prince Edward Island’s Water Act is making seven recommendations.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 2:16 PM AT | Last Updated: April 29
A crop irrigation system running near Brookfield, P.E.I., to compensate for hot, dry weather in the late summer of 2019.(Brian McInnis/CBC)
Time to lift moratorium on high-capacity irrigation wells for farmers, says P.E.I. MLA
The chair of a P.E.I. legislative committee looking at water regulations thinks it s time to lift the 19-year-old moratorium on high-capacity irrigation wells for farmers.
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Posted: Apr 08, 2021 6:48 PM AT | Last Updated: April 8
P.E.I. has had a moratorium on new high-capacity irrigation wells in place since 2002. (Brian Higgins/CBC)
The P.E.I. Green Party is raising concerns about a move by government to allow existing holding ponds and the agricultural wells that feed into them to continue operating indefinitely after the province’s new Water Act is proclaimed in June.
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