ʻO ka pani ʻana o ka palena ʻo ʻAmelika i ka PEI papaʻaina ʻuala a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā hua ʻuala a pau e ke Kuhina Mahiai ʻo Kanada ua haʻalele ka poʻe Mokupuni me ka ʻoi aku o 300 miliona paona ʻuala me kahi wahi e hele ai, a me nā mahiʻai ʻaʻohe koho ʻē aʻe.
"I loko o nā mahina ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua hana ikaika kā mākou ʻoihana e neʻe i ka meaʻai e like me ka hiki i nā mākeke hou a me ka poʻe e pono ai. ai nā panakō a me nā hale noho ma ka ʻāina. ʻOiai mākou e mahalo i nā hana a nā mea a pau e hana ana e wehe i ka palena, 12 mau pule i hala aku nei ua ʻōlelo mākou e hiki mai ana kēia, a eia kēia. He mea ʻehaʻeha, ʻehaʻeha no kekahi kanaka mahiʻai, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike ʻana ua hiki ke pale ʻia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole kēia e hōʻailona i ka hopena o ka haunaele. ʻO kā mākou ʻoihana he mau pule wale nō mai ke kanu ʻana no ka wā e hiki mai ana a me ka ʻole o kahi mākeke US e hiki ke manaʻo i nā hoʻoholo ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a me nā manawa e hiki mai ana no ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻuala Mokupuni a me ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa ma ka ʻāina, "e like me ka mea i hoʻopuka hou ʻia e ka PEI Potato Board.
Ua hoʻohui nā luna o ka PEI Potato Board, he pule pōʻino kēia no ka poʻe Mokupuni.
"ʻO ke kūlana ʻino loa no nā mea mahiʻai e kū nei ma ka ʻāina - ka luku ʻana i ka meaʻai palekana a olakino," i hoʻopau ai lākou.