The Green Party is calling for a thorough review of the systems which determine the price which is offered to fishers for lobster on PEI. In the short term the Green Party is calling on the Provincial government to conduct an inquiry into possible price fixing and settle this issue once and for all. In the longer term the Green Party would like to see the Provincial government brand and promote the excellence of our seafood and agricultural products - including arguably the best lobsters in the world - far better than they currently do.
"It is clear that the economic system in this case is simply not working," stated Peter Bevan-Baker, leader of the Green Party. "Primary producers - whether they be potato farmers, lobster fishers or beef producers - are all struggling just to meet their costs of production; that simply would not happen in a functional, fair economy. Sometimes it seems like it is the lobster fishers themselves who are trapped in an unjust system."
