Statement from Gordon McNeilly, MLA and Chair of the Standing Committee on Health and Social Development

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, March 8, 2021 - A subpoena was issued by the Standing Committee on Health and Social Development requesting a copy of the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission’s report on the Brendel Farm land transaction on February 26, 2021. On Friday, March 5, 2021, the report was received and the committee met to consider its next steps.

The committee decided that prior to its review of the document, the Office of the Legislative Assembly will generate a summary. Timelines for the completion of this summary will be provided upon further evaluation of the report. Subject to this timeline, the committee will examine the summary and the full report at a future meeting.

The committee will not be making the report public at this time. As stated previously, the committee will implement the appropriate safeguards to protect against the release of personal information. This includes, but not limited to, conducting the review of the records at in camera meetings and any other measures the committee, in its discretion, considers necessary and appropriate.