Governance
Cabinet Shuffle has Questionable Benefits
Charlottetown July 15, 2022: The cabinet shuffle is a longstanding government tradition at least as old as the John A MacDonald government, but why does it happen, and who benefits from it? Speculation, rumors, and uncertainty abound in the preamble and wake of a premier or prime minister’s motivation for such a move. Let’s look…
Read MoreUrgent action overdue on physician access crisis
The departure of three Charlottetown doctors from their practices highlights the ongoing, and growing, physician access crisis on Prince Edward Island, adding thousands more Islanders to the officially recognized 23,000 names on the patient registry list (Doctors leaving practice, June 14). All Islanders are hurting, even the fortunate ones who have family doctors, due to…
Read MoreKing Must Order a Public Inquiry on Rural Emergency Health Care
The untimely death of a West Prince man in recent weeks, associated with a more than one hour wait for an Ambulance, and EMS life-saving expertise came as a shock to most Islanders, but sadly, not a surprise to rural residents. The King government must immediately commission a public inquiry on Emergency Medical Services for…
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