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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)
2,200 acres in Summerside area
At the centre of the controversy is 2,200 acres of land in the area of Summerside and North Bedeque that had belonged to a family-owned farming operation, purchased in June 2019 by Haslemere Farms, which listed Rebecca Irving as its director. Haslemere Farms has since changed its name to Red Fox Acres.
A previous attempt to purchase the same land had involved several corporations with connections to the Irvings, and failed to receive the necessary cabinet approval.
But in the Haslemere Farms/Red Fox Acres transaction, Thompson said the transfer had not been put before cabinet for approval. He asked IRAC to investigate, and vowed to close loopholes in the Lands Protection Act, legislation that sets limits on individual and corporate land ownership on P.E.I.
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