P.E.I. fisheries minister confident elections won't derail lobster levy
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC] - November 26, 2014 -
P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley is optimistic all three Maritime provinces will have legislation in place for a lobster marketing levy by the time the spring fishery opens.
“Nova Scotia is not as up to speed as we are. This was started under Belliveau, under the NDP, and then all of the sudden the election changed and you've got a new minister in there,” said MacKinley.
“Same as New Brunswick, they started under the Conservative government and now there is a Liberal government in there, and it takes time for those ministers to get a hold of the file and to be able to feel comfortable with it.”
MacKinley still feels everything will be in place by May...
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