PEI Periodical and Article Database

: NFU finally has chance to discuss land issues with premier; The National Farmers Union (NFU) met with premier Wade MacLauchlan on January 31 2017 to discuss changes made to the Lands Protection Act last year. The NFU has concerns that these changes may allow large companies to violate the spirit or intention of the Act's limit on land ownership amounts for corporations.

: NFU finally receives answers from Environment Department; "The National Farmers Union has finally received a response to three questions it posed to the Director of Environment back in February.", ***unscanned

: NFU opposes introduction of Harmonized Sales Tax; "Members of the National Farmers Union, District 1, Region 1, unanimously passed a motion during their annual meeting opposing a blended tax.", ***unscanned

: NFU passes resolutions on number of farm topics; Resolutions dealing with everything from deep water wells to electoral reform were passed at the NFU District Convention. They were opposed to lifting the moratorium on deep water wells, opposed to hydraulic fracturing (fracking), asked the province to contribute 75% of the cost for dead livestock removal, and it wants the province to hold public hearings on the impact of The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) that Canada is negotiating with the European Union

: NFU questions science on deep water wells; The National Farmers Union has questioned the validity of the scientific data being used by groups petitioning to lift the current moratorium on deep water well extraction on PEI. The NFU has also raised additional questions about inconsistencies in the reporting of some measurements cited in the Department of Environment's study.

: NFU upset with pressure tactics of Cavendish Farms; Edith Ling, women's district director for the PEI National Farmers Union remarked upon the claim by company president Robert Irving that Cavendish Farms would be forced to leave the province if the provincial government would not lift the moratorium on deep water irrigation wells. Ling claimed that the threat was a tactic used previously by Cavendish Farms to try to force the government to meet the company's demands. She also expressed concern over a statement made by Irving in testimony before the Standing Committee on Agriculture that his company would require growers to irrigate as a condition of their contract, if the moratorium were lifted. Ling claimed that such a policy would force many smaller growers to the sidelines, as the cost of the equipment would be prohibitive.

: NFU wonders why policy changed on sand removal; Incident at Rocky Point, PEI, calls into question whether province has changed its stated policy regarding removal of sand from beaches by farmers for use on their lanes during wnter; NFU calls for an exemption to the regulations that would allow farmers to remove sand for their own use with a front end loader

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