Leo Broderick has concerns about the technology used to create the potatoes. (Council of Canadians)

The Council of Canadians is pressing the provincial government to keep genetically modified potatoes out of P.E.I. soil.

Council chair Leo Broderick questions the science behind Innate generation 2 potatoes, and added P.E.I. would be better off staying away from the controversy surrounding genetically modified food. He noted P.E.I. is already attracting attention as a producer of genetically modified salmon.

"It would be foolhardy for the province to allow genetically engineered potatoes to be grown in the province," said Broderick.

"If we add genetically engineered potatoes we will have a very poor image and that's not the kind of image that we want for the province."

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Council chair Leo Broderick questions the science behind Innate generation 2 potatoes

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KHarvey16 said:

Yeah just use old fashioned potatoes that were definitely not genetically engineered by humans for hundreds of years.

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Sean C said:

Leo Broderick is pretty much a joke on the Island, speaking as a resident. He complains about pretty much everything.

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FrankCanada97 said:

I've never even heard of the Council of Canadians before, are they some sort of think tank?

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Glitchesarecool said:

Wow no reason other than "because it looks bad."

PEI is beautiful and I doubt GMOs will ruin that image.

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KHarvey16 said:

Yeah just use old fashioned potatoes that were definitely not genetically engineered by humans for hundreds of years.

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RadicalVelocity said:

It's sad that people don't realize we've been doing this for literally millennia. We're fucking good at it.

Just moving from the sword to the scalpal here.

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