MacLauchlan Rural Health Plan Weak

By Herb Dickieson | March 30, 2019

With 40 of the Island’s physician complement over the age of 65 years, and 12,000 registered Islanders with no family doctor, not to mention many more who have given up, the MacLauchlan has yet again failed rural PEI.  The MacLauchlan Plan for Rural Health Care offers no assurance of ER services for maintaining ER and…

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Income Security

By Joe Byrne | March 30, 2019

NDP Leader Joe Byrne knows it is possible to phase in a $15 minimum wage immediately. “We’ve seen cost of living rise significantly and we’ve seen significant issues in rent going up. We have all seen the cost of food go up, and it is only fair that wages rise as well,” said Byrne at…

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Getting Ready

By NDP PEI | February 5, 2019

Workshop to equip candidates and workers    There’s a buzz: Islanders are talking about about an early May election.  That would leave just a few weeks from now till the dropping of the writ.  And the people of NDP PEI plan to be ready.    A good sign of that: the Campaign Readiness workshop held…

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