Brad Trivers

PEI PC MLA District 18 Rustico-Emerald

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Amalgamation and Annexation – FOIPP for Presentation – Seriously?

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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

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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

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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 […]

Small Business Micro-loans

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Mental Health and Addictions Long Term Strategy – Update

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Yesterday the Standing Committee on Health and Wellness met with the following agenda: “The committee will meet with: Dr. Richard Wedge, Chief Executive Officer of Health PEI, and Dr. Rhonda Matters, Chief Mental Health and Addictions Officer; to receive an update on the long-term strategy for mental health and addictions.” I was also pleasantly surprised […]

Highlights – Education and Economic Development Committee – Feb 4, 2016

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Minister of Education, Doug Currie and his Deputy Minister Susan Willis appeared before the committee to talk about the restructuring process of PEI’s Education system. Minister emphasized to Committee: The new system is “learner focused” The District Advisory Councils, will start to hold meetings next Tuesday night The Principals Council will hold their first meeting […]

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