CHARLOTTETOWN -- upon Jan.

CHARLOTTETOWN -- upon Jan. 19, the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly said it would't have committee hearings into the pro and con overs of genetically engineered (GE) results The committee will set the dates for hearings.

This landmark discussion could inform a decision that would establish PEI as Canada's first GE-free province.

Last week, members of the Standing Committee forward Agriculture, Forestry and Environment issued a call for public input into their discussion.

"Ottawa has ignored Canadians' repeated calls for a public debate in succession GE foods. The federal management has done nothing to address belong tos about the potential harmfulness of these productions to our health, environment, and economy," says Nadege Adam of the Council of Canadians. "Canadians have had no choice yet to take matters into their allow hands."

Islanders are not alone. Several communities across Canada have already passed municipal resolutions restricting the cultivation of GE forages Powell River, BC became Canada's first GE-free girth last year when its municipal regulation declared itself a "GE-free clip area."

"GE subsistences offer no benefits to consumers" says Leo Broderick, PEI Council of Canadians chapter spokesperson and member of the PEI Coalition for a GE-Free Province.

"They contaminate our environment and have jeopardized our agricultural exports. We, as Islanders, should seize this Opportunity to countenance our environment from this threat."

PEI's debate is especially important now, as the biotechnology industry pushes ahead with genetically engineered first stomachs and animals at breakneck spe Ottawa will before long consider GE fish for commercialization.

Islanders are joining a growing number of the bulk of mankind around the world who, disillusioned on non-responsive governments, are working to fortify their communities against the spread of GE produces The movement is gaining constituent Communities in the United States, Europe Australia, and parts of Asia and Africa have already declared themselves "GE-free zones"

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