Canada has lost the thread in its negotiations with the United States to resume exports of P.E.I. potatoes, says Premier Dennis King.
“We aren’t thumping the table, so to speak, enough to get a firm and fast commitment,” King told Island Morning host Mitch Cormier Tuesday.
By order of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the border was closed to P.E.I. potatoes in November following the discovery of potato wart in two Island fields. Wart was first discovered on the Island in 2000. A management plan was put in place in consultation with the American government, and until November that had kept
