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Tourism minister making power grab: Bagnall

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Real Estate Sales Representative with Remax Charlottetown Realty

P.E.I.'s Official Opposition is accusing the Liberal government of attempting to grab power from a private sector advisory group on tourism.

The government is considering making the Tourism Department a Crown corporation.

Tourism Minister Valerie Docherty told CBC News that the shift would take the marketing out of the hands of bureaucrats, and move the department to a private business model.

But tourism critic Jim Bagnall said the idea is more about reducing the role of the Tourism Advisory Council, a private sector group that provides advice to the government.

Adam Affleck

Charlottetown Remax

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