January 28, 2008
CBC News

GMOs on P.E.I. still under review: minister

With government attention focused on the crisis in the livestock industry, Agriculture Minister Neil LeClair says there has been no time to look at the planting of genetically modified crops on P.E.I.

Hundreds more hectares of genetically modified corn and sugarbeets will be planted on the Island this spring. Last week, Danny Hendricken, district director for the National Farmers Union, said the window of opportunity for making the Island GMO-free was closing.

Farmers and environmentalists spoke in favour of going GMO-free at legislature committee hearings in 2005, but the former Progressive Conservative government elected to maintain the status quo.

In an e-mail to CBC News Friday, LeClair said the government is interested in revisiting the issue, but has been too busy with other agriculture issues.

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