On the afternoon of February 25, 2018 the Native Council of PEI directors invited me to their quarterly meeting to discuss various issues surrounding water on PEI in my role as official opposition critic for Communities, Land & Environment. We discussed several topics. Below is a short summary including links to various resources that we […]
Northern Pulp Effluent vs Niagra Falls
Northern Pulp Treated Effluenct Discharge ~65,000 cubic meters per day http://northernpulp.ca/environment/key-performance-indicators/water/ Niagra Falls Average Flow Rate ~2400 cubic meters per second = 207,360,000 cubic meters per day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls COMPARISON – Niagra Falls vs Northern Pulp Effluent Discharge It takes 3,190 days, or about 9 years, for Northern Pulp to discharge the amount of effluent […]
Sea Level Rise on PEI
It is an unfortunate fact. Our Island is shrinking because of erosion and sea level rise on PEI. Dr. Adam Fenech and researchers from the UPEI Climate Change Lab will be at The Eagle Nest in North Rustico on February 20th at 6:30pm to discuss “Our Incredible Shrinking Island”. It will be both an information […]
Public Account Work Plan 2018
As the new chair of the Public Accounts standing committee it was great to finally have our work plan meeting. I had been working with the clerk to schedule it since before Christmas but it was delayed due to unavailability of government members. Here is a summary of the meeting. Full records of the meeting […]
Storm Response Guide – PEI Department of Transportation
Have you ever wondered about sand and salt application on roads in Prince Edward Island? It’s a topic that comes up on a fairly regular basis in my conversations, and those of many MLA’s. Transportation critic Jamie Fox put written questions and got back the following answers. (view full PDF here). Answers to the questions […]
MAP – New PEI District Boundaries for 2019 Election
Next election will see new district boundaries, and in some cases even district name changes. I created the Google Map below to allow people to view the existing boundaries created in 2006 at the same time as the new boundaries created for the next election (in 2019?). View the map below or be clicking on […]
Simple Idea To Help Island Tourism Operators
Tourism is the third largest industry on PEI. There were over 1,000,000 overnight stays in 2017. Tourism brings in over $500 million to the PEI economy – which amounts to more than $50 million in taxes to government just from the provincial portion of the HST. Tourism operators provide the service of collecting this HST […]
Kombucha – Allow Islanders to Buy Local!
The Guardian just reported that locally-made Kombucha from Heartbeet Organics has been banned from sale in restaurants while at the same time imported Kombucha is available for purchase in grocery stores. http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/teresa-wright-kombucha-crackdown-180995/ Another case where government not only doesn’t encourage buying local products but actively deters this (provincial protein tender is another – they specify […]
Liveable Income on PEI?
I recently posted the following job in North Rustico to Facebook, and it started a discussion about liveable income on PEI: Cook wanted – Casual Full-Time Year-Round $14/hour – 12 hour shifts – 3 days on / 3 days off rotating The question was posed to me, “Is this a liveable income on PEI?” My […]
Grandparents and Care Providers Program
PLEASE CALL! If you are a grandparent or other care giver of children and need support, please call 1-877-341-3101 to let the Department of Family & Human Services know you want to be part of their Grandparents and Care Providers Program. Hopefully this will allow you to receive support starting April 2018. PEI seniors advocate […]
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