Premier Wade MacLauchlan said the inclusion of 60 acres of land belonging to his brother in amalgamation plans could have been done in the first place.
The Rural Municipality of North Shore proposed to annex the parcel of land as part of amalgamation plans for the communities of North Shore, Grand Tracadie and Pleasant Grove.
MacLauchlan told The Guardian on Friday that this land, owned by his brother Roger, was historically deemed to be between different school districts.
"Those school districts, if you go back, were based on how far kids walked to school. In any event, it's a piece of woods," MacLauchlan said.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission published a statement in The Guardian on Wednesday stating that North Shore had made the proposal.
Opposition MLA Brad Trivers had raised the issue of the land in the P.E.I. legislature in May, asking why it was the only parcel of land in the area excluded from amalgamation maps.
MacLauchlan maintained on Friday that the land had not been originally excluded from amalgamation plans for any reason other than a historical accident.
"There was nothing out of order in the first place," MacLauchlan said.
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