My Greetings from Friday, April 8, 2016: Shout out to Betty and Allan Pound; Somerset Elementary students in gallery; Peter Rukavina from PEI Home & School in gallery – open data fan; Maritime Electric Public Meeting venue changed to New Glasgow Lobster Suppers because so many want to attend with their concerns; Acknowledgement and support […]
PEI Legislature – April 6, 2016
Musiccounts award recipient Gulf Shore Consolidated School (music teacher Kirsten Huggins-MacLaine), Millvale power transmission line, Tartan day 2016 “Hail Caledonia!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEBLqw6kIQA&feature=youtu.be
Amalgamation and Annexation – FOIPP for Presentation – Seriously?
UPDATE – The presentation with audio was published to YouTube on April 4, 2016: It is no secret that the Premier’s mandate to the Minister of Communities, Land and Environment includes implementing the recommendations of the Handrahan Report of the Task Force on Land Use Policy. It also includes reducing the number of municipalities on PEI via […]
Oysters for Culture on Mussel Leases
For several years there has been an ongoing debate as to whether multiple species of shellfish may be grown on a single lease. Primarily mussel growers would like to grow cultured oysters on their leases. The demand and price of oysters has steadily risen and growing oysters is very lucrative. The Standing Committee on Agriculture and […]
Child Protection Services – Overview
On March 16, 2016 the PC caucus was privileged to receive a presentation from the Child Protection Services department of PEI Family and Human Services. It is a great overview of what the department does, where it does it, why it does it, how many children are impacted and the requirement for reporting any potential children […]
St. Patrick’s Day Infrastructure Summit – Emerald Boxcar Pub & Grill
REPLY TO EVENT ON FACEBOOK HERE All are welcome and requested to join us on St. Patrick’s Day – March 17, 2016 – at the Emerald Boxcar Pub and Lounge for an Infrastructure Summit for Districts 18, 19 and 20. AGENDA 6:00 pm FREE Food sourced from Chef Emily Wells – The Mill in New […]
Small Business Micro-loans
So glad to see that the government has finally implemented a program to help entrepreneurs get the capital they need to operate. This is something that was part of my election platform in District 18 Rustico-Emerald, and I have been fighting for small business micro-loans in the legislature since the spring of 2015. …a micro-business is one-person, two-person […]
Apply! Canada Summer Jobs wage subsidy
Attention all not-for-profit, public and private sector small business organizations – apply now to hire a student this summer using the Canada Summer Jobs wage subsidy! I spoke with our MP recently and he is worried that we won’t get enough applicants to use all the funding – which has doubled since last year. Not-for-profit employers get funding […]
Summary – Health & Wellness Committee – Feb 23, 2016
On February 23, 2016 I attended a meeting of the Standing Committee on Health and Wellness focused on supports for grandparents as primary caregivers. Below is a summary of decisions. Moving forward with Motion No. 60 (Supports for grandparents acting as primary care givers): Thanks to all for a good discussion following yesterday’s presentations, with some […]
PEI Still Needs an Infrastructure Summit
In the Fall 2015 sitting of the PEI legislature I moved Motion #46 that Prince Edward Island hold a formal Infrastructure Summit. The purpose of such an infrastructure summit would be to bring together representatives of local governments, industry, environmental groups, and community organizations to identify projects that could make our infrastructure more sustainable environmentally and enable […]
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