Thanks to working group panelists Sidney MacEwen, Michelle Jay, Jane Ledwell and the other passionate and intelligent participants – great discussion on Universal Basic Income. Poverty is a complex thing, but a Basic Income Guarantee has the potential to drastically reduce it in a way that gives people a hand up – not just a […]
RCMP Traffic Services Division should be reinstated
Hunter River – The RCMP Traffic Services Division on PEI needs to be reinstated to allow for better policing of Island roads. “Our roads are not as safe as they need to be. Instances of drivers passing school buses with lights flashing, travelling too fast through communities, and drunk driving are far too common and […]
School Food Programs
To have a healthy body and mind a person needs to have enough good quality food. This is especially true for children and youth. It is one of the key ways to prevent illness. Lack of enough healthy food results in physical and mental problems – this impacts our happiness, well-being, ability to work, need for […]
MADD Monument and Mental Health
MADD is putting up a monument / memorial on PEI – so MADD Central president Crystal Costain Gillis and I were out looking for potential sites. At the Swimming Rock in Stanley Bridge we both commented on the Island’s beauty and peacefulness that sometimes we take for granted. It reminded me of those Islanders that […]
Leadership Announcement – Brad Trivers for PEI PC Leader
On Friday June 2, 2017 I was very pleased to formally announce my candidacy for the PEI PC Leadership. Below is the video and text of my speech, and some photos from the event. Also, there was a great Question and Answer session immediately following my speech. It is an exciting time to get back […]
Trivers Questions – SC on Health and Wellness – Mar 7, 2017
Nursing homes cost about $5400 per month per bed (hospitals between $17,000 and $37,000 per month per bed!). IDEA: Provide funding to help seniors live with loved ones instead of in nursing homes / hospitals. Give a monthly fee to the caregiver household, provide home care check-ups, and give the option to go to a […]
Community Supported Agriculture
Have you signed up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program in your area yet? I would highly recommend it! Here is my member’s statement about CSA’s from the legislature April 11, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWs1bXgkgbE Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize the many Community Supported Agriculture programs in our province – also known as CSA’s. A […]
Trivers – House Sitting – April 4 2017
Here are set of video clips of me speaking in the House on various topics April 4, 2017 – the opening day of the legislature for the spring session. Greetings Trivers speaking to Motion 1 – Encouraging Islanders to participate in cancer screening programs Trivers speaking to Motion 79 – Maxmizing Islanders’ uptake of federal and […]
Need Tax Help? It’s Available
Taxes are complicated – too complicated – and government needs to work to simplify them. Implementing a Basic Income Guarantee and raising the basic personal tax amount may help – but that’s another discussion. In the mean time a lot people, especially low-income Islanders, don’t file their taxes and miss out on money available to […]
Education – What’s Missing? A Millennial’s Perspective
Recently the conversation about our education curriculum has re-surfaced because of changes being made in both Nova Scotia – to add mental health / addictions, and Ontario – to add financial skills. Here is a paper written by Islander Erika MacDonald as part of her final year of International Development Studies and Political Science at Saint […]
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