Tourism Minister Philip Brown was left scrambling in the legislature Wednesday trying to explain why people looking for a P.E.I. visitors guide would have to write to the United States.

The mail-in card for a P.E.I. tourist guide goes to an address in Maine and sending it requires a 93-cent stamp.
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Liberal MLA Carolyn Bertram brought in a copy of the new Saltscapes Travel Guide. It includes mail-in cards for further information from all three Maritime provinces.

The cards for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are pre-addressed to return to those provinces, and are postage paid. The card for P.E.I. shows an address in Calais, Me., and sending it requires a 93-cent stamp.

"I was approached by someone the other evening at a meeting. This is where this came from," said Bertram.

"It was an Islander who said: 'Carolyn, look at this. This is something that's not right.' "

At first, Brown brushed off Bertram's attack. He said she was holding a U.S. version of the magazine, so it made sense to include a promotional card with a U.S. post office box address.

But the magazine Bertram held was actually a Canadian version.

Brown fumbled for an explanation.

"There is some confusion here, and I'll certainly get it fixed up," he said.

Brown grabbed a copy of the magazine from a reporter, and said he'd find out why Canadian tourists have to write to the United States to get a P.E.I. vacation guide.