More than 100 people attended a meeting hosted by Green Party Leader Matt MacFarlane Monday night to discuss their concerns about land use and hear about a new bill he plans to table that would require land investigations to be made public to Islanders.

The amendment to the Lands Protection Act would make all reports and supporting documents related to investigations open for anyone to see.

MacFarlane said the aim is to help Islanders rebuild trust in the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission and the processes it uses to make decisions about land.

MLAs recently learned that a long-awaited land report from 2018 doesn't actually exist. A legislative standing committee issued a subpoena for the report, which was supposed to have looked into a number of concerns, including land holdings

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