The Prince Edward Island government is dragging its heels on implementing recommendations made in the Commission on Land Use and Local Governance, according to Opposition Leader Olive Crane.

The report made 40 recommendations on issues from land use and municipal government to the tax-sharing formula between the province and its cities and towns.

Crane said it's been several months since the report was released, and the P.E.I. government has done very little to follow up on the proposed reforms.

"What we're trying to do is to push government and say, 'You know there was quite a bit of money invested here.' The public has had some experience in the past with land-use commission reports that tend to stay on shelves," Crane said.

"And what we're trying to say is: 'Come on government, let's get going and name the task force and start the public consultations.'"

A few days ago, Premier Robert Ghiz's Liberal government announced it would begin a review in April of the municipal and provincial tax revenue formula.

Crane said those discussions should have already begun, as well as work on the other 39 recommendations.

The Report of the Commission on Land Use and Local Governance was given to the government in early December 2009, but it was not released to the public until early January.

Judge Ralph Thompson wrote the commission's final report that said the province is in a vulnerable position and Islanders may now be ready to support land-use changes because if they don't, they risk losing the water, land, heritage and natural areas.

The Thompson report follows Elmer MacDonald’s 1997 round table report on the subject. And before that, Doug Boylan's royal commission on the land, which Thompson has acknowledged is still the definitive report on land ownership and land use.