Governance
Questionable King Government Conduct
Not even 24 hours ago, I released a statement about the recent summit of Eastern Canada premiers to discuss health care reform options, which included privatization. A recent article by Saltwire’s Stu Neatby examines the King Government’s suspicious back-room actions towards further privatization. Based on the report presented to the clerk of the executive council…
Read MoreRural Healthcare Broken by King Government
The closure of the Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) at Western Hospital until at least September 15, with no reassurance of its reopening is the latest failure of the King government to provide necessary health services to rural Islanders. In February this year, a West Prince man died while waiting for more than an hour for an ambulance. The King government…
Read MoreKing Must Reveal Plan To Fix the Health Care Crisis: Neill
(Charlottetown) July 18, 2022: Michelle Neill, Leader of the Island New Democrats, would like to remind Premier Dennis King that, although there are new members added to his cabinet, the health care system is on the brink of collapse. “Day in and day out, Islanders are telling me their stories about the health care system. People can’t get…
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