Automatic reply: YO Wayne Easter Methinks many political animals were happy to see my comments evaporate before the Election in PEI is history N'esy Pas?
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I have retired from the Office of the Speaker, please contact Amélie Crosson at amelie.crosson@parl.gc.ca 613.295.1751 for all inquiries. Kind regards, Heather Bradley ------------- J'ai pris ma retraite du Bureau du Président--veuillez communiquer avec Amélie Crosson 613.995.7882 613.295.1751 pour toute question.
Cordialement, Heather Bradley
'It's been an honour': Wayne Easter announces he won't reoffer in next federal electionEaster has been the Liberal MP for Malpeque since 1993 P.E.I.
member of Parliament for Malpeque Wayne Easter announced Monday he will
not be reoffering for federal politics, ending a 28-year run that began
in 1993. Born in 1949, Easter will be 72 years old next week. Easter told CBC News he'd been thinking about it for a long time. "There's other things to do in life, it's been nine terms, 28 years, and it's time for others to take over the reins," he said. "When I first started in politics, there was no internet, and that's a long, long time. I feel it's the right thing for me to do." To his constituents, Easter said: "It's been an honour to serve them. It's as simple as that. It's been an honour." For more on this story, catch an interview with Wayne Easter Tuesday morning on Island Morning, 96.1FM Broke news in House of CommonsEaster broke the news in the House of Commons on Monday. He said at that time: "I am announcing that I will not be reoffering as the candidate in the riding of Malpeque in the next federal election. I will be joining with others not running tomorrow evening for speeches and to give heartfelt thank yous." The next federal election is scheduled for October 2023, but Easter pointed out there are rumours there may be one before then, and he wanted to give others ample time to consider representing the Liberals in Malpeque — one of four federal ridings on P.E.I. "It is close to 28 years since I was first elected to this chamber, and when I'm there in person I'm always in awe of its traditions, its history and the opportunity it provides for members to have a say in the legislative mandate and governance of this country," Easter said. "It's been my honour to work with and serve the residents of Malpeque for nine terms." Premier King, Lawrence MacAulay respondP.E.I. Premier Dennis King issued a statement early Monday evening. "On behalf of the Government of Prince Edward Island, I want to thank Wayne Easter for his 28 years of public service as the Member of Parliament for Malpeque," he said. "Wayne has been a friend and ally to our government since 2019 — always willing to work collaboratively for the best interest of all Islanders. I would like to wish Wayne, Helen, Kimberley, and Jamie and their grandchildren all the best in Wayne's retirement from public life." Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay, a longtime colleague of Easter, Tweeted Monday: "Been a pleasure serving with you, my friend," he said. "Wishing you the very best!"
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David Amos Methinks Wayne Easter will have to hire personal lawyers to argue me from now on N'esy Pas? Prince Edward Island Election Results Livestream
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YO Wayne Easter Methinks many political animals were happy to see my comments evaporate before the Election in PEI is history N'esy Pas?
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 4:57 PM |
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Hon. Wayne Easter" <aweaster@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:57:14 -0300 Subject: Re: I just called about the upcoming PEI by election To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Yes. This is my email WE On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:53 AM David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. wrote: > Wayne Easter > David. Can you email at aweaster@gmail.com I have some information you > may or may not have. > > On 10/4/20, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > > > Zack Bell gets PC nod for Charlottetown-Winsloe byelection > > > > Bell wins nomination on 2nd ballot > > Nicola MacLeod · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2020 3:44 PM AT > > > > 5 comments > > > > David Amos > > Hmmm Methinks i should make a few calls again N'esy Pas? > > > > > > NDPs, Liberals announce byelection candidates after uncontested > nominations > > > > Zac Murphy will run for the Liberals while Lynne Thiele snags the NDP > > nomination > > Nicola MacLeod · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2020 3:16 PM AT > > > > > > 0 comments > > > > David Amos > > Content disabled > > Methinks i should make a few calls again N'esy Pas? > > > > https://www.facebook.com/ > > > > Zac Murphy > > Wealth Professional. > > zmurphy@younkerkelly.com > > > > Phone : (902) 367-4250 > > > > Zack Bell > > Sales Representative > > zbell@kenmacenergy.com, > > Phone: 902-940-1390 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 22:54:34 -0300 > > Subject: Attn Annamie Paul Now you know what CBC and everybody else knows > > To: connect@annamiepaul.ca, john.tasker@cbc.ca > > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Newsroom > > <Newsroom@globeandmail.com> > > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/ > > > > Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party > > > > > > Paul is the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political > party > > John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2020 5:00 PM ET > > > > https://www.annamiepaul.ca/ > > > > connect@annamiepaul.ca > > > > 1-833-ANNAMIE 266 2643 > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > > From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" > > <fin.minfinance-financemin. > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:29:22 +0000 > > Subject: RE: I received no response from the RCMP or the lawyer Derek > > Sloan about the voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin > > Martin last week > > To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > > > The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic > > correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your > > comments. > > Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, we apologize in advance for > > any delay in responding to your enquiry. In the meantime, information > > on Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan is available on the > > Government of Canada website at > > www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http > > calling 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) or 1-833-784-4397. > > > > Le ministère des Finances Canada accuse réception de votre courriel. > > Nous vous assurons que vos commentaires sont les bienvenus. > > En raison de la fluidité de la crise de la COVID-19, il est possible > > que nous retardions à vous répondre et nous nous en excusons. > > Entre-temps, les informations au sujet du Plan d'intervention > > économique du Canada pour répondre à la COVID-19 sont disponibles dans > > le site Web du gouvernement du Canada au > > www.canada.ca/coronavirus<http > > composant le > > 1-800 O Canada (1-800-622-6232) ou le 1-833-784-4397. > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > > From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. > > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:29:05 -0300 > > Subject: I received no response from the RCMP or the lawyer Derek > > Sloan about the voicemail I got from his Chief of Staff Benjamin > > Martin last week > > To: Derek.Sloan@parl.gc.ca, rick@petersoncapital.ca, "PETER.MACKAY" > > <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie. > > <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, > > "barbara.massey" <barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > > michael.chong@parl.gc.ca, Erin.OToole@parl.gc.ca, > > "andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca \"Hannah.Thibedeau\"" > > <Hannah.Thibedeau@cbc.ca>, "Catherine.Cullen" > > <Catherine.Cullen@cbc.ca>, "Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, > > newsroom@globeandmail.com, "Nathalie.Drouin" > > <Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca > > Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, > > Speaker.President@parl.gc.ca, heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca, pm > > <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, info > > <info@lewislaw.ca> > > https://davidraymondamos3. Sunday, 2 April 2023 P.E.I.'s biggest issues as the campaign draws to a close | |
The Writ Podcast - Ep. #87: Final stretch in PEI's election
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P.E.I.'s biggest issues as the campaign draws to a close
From health care and housing to climate change, land use and much more
From health care and housing, to climate change, the cost of living and much more, Islanders are dealing with a multitude of issues that we explored throughout the campaign. Here are our stories.
Health care and housing
Climate change, land and the cost of living
Care? no..amused at your self importance YES!!!
On October 7th, 2016. See this statement in context.
David Amos As an Individual
Mr. Chair, I ran for public office five times against your party. That said, I ran against Mr. DeCourcey's boss right here in Fredericton in the election for the 39th Parliament.
I was not aware of this committee meeting in Fredericton today until I heard Mr. DeCourcey speaking on CBC this morning. I don't pretend to know something I don't, but I'm a quick study. I thought I had paid my dues to sit on the panel. I notified the clerks in a timely fashion, but I received no response. At least I get another minute and a half.
The previous speaker answered the $64,000 question: 338. I can name every premier in the country. Governor Maggie Hassan is my governor in New Hampshire. The people there who sit in the house get paid $100 a year plus per diem expenses. I think that's the way to run a government. There are lots of seats in the house for a very small state.
My understanding of this hearing is that you have to report to Mr. Trudeau by December 1, because he said during the election that if he were elected Prime Minister, the 42nd Parliament, which I also ran in, would be the last first-past-the-post election. You don't have much time, so my suggestion to the clerks today, which I published and sent to the Prime Minister of Iceland and his Attorney General, was to do what Iceland does. Just cut and paste their rules. They have no first past the post. They have a pending election.
That said, as a Canadian, I propose something else. Number one, my understanding of the Constitution and what I read about law.... There was a constitutional expert named Edgar Schmidt who sued the government. He was the man who was supposed to vet bills for Peter MacKay to make sure they were constitutionally correct. He did not argue the charter. He argued Mr. Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights.
In 2002 I read a document filed by a former deputy minister of finance, Kevin Lynch, who later became Mr. Harper's clerk of the Privy Council. Now he's on an independent board of the Chinese oil company that bought Nexen. As deputy minister of finance, he reported to the American Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the corporation known as Canada. It is a very interesting document that I saved and forwarded to you folks. It says that he was in a quandary about whether the charter was in effect.
The Writ Podcast - Ep. #87: Final stretch in PEI's election
Dennis King’s Progressive Conservatives kicked off the Prince Edward Island election campaign with a big lead in the polls, seemingly leaving the only real battle to be between Peter Bevan-Baker’s Greens and Sharon Cameron’s Liberals for official opposition status.
But are King’s PCs still on track for a big majority win, maybe even a sweep? Or did any of the campaign’s controversies or this past week’s leaders debate change the dial?
Back to wrap this campaign is Stuart Neatby, political reporter for the Charlottetown Guardian and the Saltwire Network.
Land ownership questions draw a big crowd in Kings County
Buddhist monks say they are not 'using shell companies to buy up land' in Eastern P.E.I.
Brian Higgins · CBC · Posted: Mar 23, 2023 6:00 AM ADT
Kevin Arsenault enters race for leadership of P.E.I.'s PC party
Says Islanders need to 'confront and solve' social, economic and environmental issues
CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2018 9:18 PM AST
"People say ethics and politics don't mix. I say it's time they started," Arsenault told the crowd of about 70 people at Charlottetown's Murchison Centre. "Government should belong to the people. I'm going to do a whole lot to make that happen."
Land ownership questions draw a big crowd in Kings County
Buddhist monks say they are not 'using shell companies to buy up land' in Eastern P.E.I.
Brian Higgins · CBC · Posted: Mar 23, 2023 6:00 AM ADT
You are really not that important.
EPISODE 9: QUID PRO QUO – IT APPEARS DENNIS KING COMMITTED ELECTION FRAUD?
PREAMBLE
During the last PC Leadership Campaign (2018-19), it became known to at least some of the candidates, that a number of unsavoury and preferential occurrences were happening with Denny King and his hard-core campaign team.
He
had all the heavy-hitters on his team, key players from the backroom.
Adam Ross quit his position with the PC Party to work full-time to get
Denny the leadership; and Margaret Ann Walsh left her position on the
PEI PC Party Executive to become his Campaign Manager, but not until
AFTER she was done vetting his competitors, the other candidates,
including me.
There was controversy from the get-go, with contender Shawn Driscoll raising concerns about Ross’s resignation.
Kerri Carpenter also sat on the Executive and participated in the candidate vetting[she also sat on the dispute resolution committee that had been set up for the Campaign], and had rented her building to Denny, which the rest of us complained about, so she too resigned.
Carpenter would likely deny it, but she sure seemed “all in for Denny” to me at the time.
Shawn Driscoll had contacted the rest of us with information about Carpenter’s dealings with Denny. We supported him in his bid to have her removed, on the strength of the facts he had uncovered, and we all signed a letter to that effect.
Shawn was unfortunately sitting in the front of the wagon behind the horse when the tail suddenly lifted, for instigating the action, and was immediately taken off the Christmas Card mailing list of every PC Backroomers from tip to tip to tip! Ouch.
Carpenter then resigned. But her building lived on in the saga, first as Denny’s headquarters during the PC Leadership race, then through the election Campaign, and apparently, Ms. Carpenter has since swung a sweet deal when Hon. Steven Myers was Minister of Transportation, and (I haven’t verified, but got the information from a very reliable source) has a lease on the building with the Department of Transportation until at least the second Coming. Bravo Kerri!
I could go on and on with the names and connections and supporters of King that I witnessed – names that show up now as “appointments” or people involved in deals, etc., but that’s enough context on a wider scale…time to get back to the very serious matter that is the meat and potatoes of this article.
Suffice it to say that as the campaign progressed, the backroom emerged more and more from the shadows, and all those who said they were “neutral” and wanted to let the membership decide were frantically taking out ads in the newspapers, tweeting and doing photo-ops for Denny, even the MLAs like Stephen Myers and Sidney MacEwan who swore they weren’t endorsing any candidates…all of a sudden there was a full-court press from them all for Denny!
There were also rumours of a secret fund for Denny having been raised. I was told directly by someone who had first-hand knowledge, but to be honest, without any documented evidence, I wasn’t certain I wasn’t being set up to make some public claim that was false. At any rate, that’s not something I do, so because during the campaign I had no proof, I never mentioned or wrote about it, although I figured it was indeed true: that King had been the beneficiary of secret, mostly ‘cash’ funds, to support his campaign…funds that he did not declare as campaign donations.
Proof now seems to have come with the latest court filing by Maines in the lawsuit against Dennis King et. al.. In particular, in the form of information and documentation obtained by Private Investigator, Derrick Snowdy, which he swore to as factually true in a second Affidavit that I’ll get to in a minute, after just a bit of background on how Snowdy came to be the person both receiving, and then swearing to that critically-important information.
JR apparently met with Snowdy last August, and it was to Snowdy JR was going to provide – as a whistle-blower – the confidential documents (nearly 900) on the “Gamesys Proposal”.
There were a number of back-and-forth messages between Maines and JR concerning providing the documents to Snowdy in a Manila envelop via mail, to protect JR’s identity. Up until JR’s decision not to provide the documents he agreed to provide, JR’s identity as the “whistle-blower” was being protected by Maines in the legal filing. Snowdy’s first Affidavit, filed with the original Motion that is seeking an Order to preserve private emails of Defendants, referred to JR only as either the “whistle-blower,” or anonymously as “Smith”.
The back-and-forth between Maines and JR regarding his release of documents to Snowdy happened in June-July, 2021. JR had secured a position with the ALC after 3 weeks on the “inside” with the Gamesys Proposal group, and had not signed any non-disclosure agreements or was not beholden to that group in any way apparently, and was now safe and secure with his new job at the Atlantic Lottery Commission and was talking strategy with Maines on being a whistle-blower:
Kevin Arsenault enters race for leadership of P.E.I.'s PC party
Says Islanders need to 'confront and solve' social, economic and environmental issues
Kevin Arsenault kicked off his leadership bid Wednesday night.
"People say ethics and politics don't mix. I say it's time they started," Arsenault told the crowd of about 70 people at Charlottetown's Murchison Centre. "Government should belong to the people. I'm going to do a whole lot to make that happen."
Arsenault, 60, has served in leadership roles in agriculture and immigration as executive director of both the National Farmers Union and the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada. He holds a PhD from McGill University and has taught ethics and religious studies at UPEI.
"People know me because of my writing and research and, I guess, my tenacity," said Arsenault.
During his 40-minute speech, Arsenault attacked the Liberal government's record, especially in immigration and agricultural policy, calling the government's actions "corrupt."
"I overestimated the degree of ethics that were in government," Arsenault told the crowd at one point, to loud applause.
"Lock 'em up!" shouted a man in the crowd. The remark drew scattered laughter.
If chosen leader and then elected premier, Arsenault will "put an end to the persistent corruption and self-serving scandals that have made P.E.I. a national embarrassment under the Liberals during the past decade," according to a written statement provided before Wednesday's meeting.
Arsenault's speech focused on ethics in government. (Brian Higgins/CBC)
Since leaving the Newcomers Association in 2010, Arsenault has worked as an organic market gardener, consultant and as a self-described independent investigative reporter. During his speech, he read from his own writings and referred listeners to his website for more.
Arsenault told the crowd he feels good about running for leadership of the PCs, win or lose.
"They say a clear conscience is the best pillow," said Arsenault. "I'll sleep well knowing I tried."
Four other candidates — Allan Dale, Shawn Driscoll, Dennis King and Sarah Stewart-Clark — previously announced their leadership bids.
Current PC leader James Aylward will remain in his role until a new leader is chosen at the leadership convention Feb. 9 at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.
Land ownership questions draw a big crowd in Kings County
Buddhist monks say they are not 'using shell companies to buy up land' in Eastern P.E.I.
A grassroots land-protection group is calling on the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission to investigate the ownership of land in the Kings County area of Prince Edward Island.
More than 200 people attended a public forum in Montague on Saturday, organized by the Coalition for the Protection of P.E.I. Lands.
"This is a big issue within Three Rivers," said Shane MacDonald, one of the speakers at the meeting. "A lot of people have been waking up to the actual mass of purchases of large corporations in the Three Rivers area or even just Eastern P.E.I."
The meeting focused mainly on land owned by two Buddhist monasteries in Kings County, as well as land owned by corporations or individuals that coalition organizers believe to be affiliated with the Buddhist movement on P.E.I.
The coalition has concerns over what it sees as a concentration of land ownership, and the impact of rising land prices on the local community.
"Multiple properties being sold and resold to non-residents is giving us massive inflation," MacDonald told CBC News on Monday. "There's evidence to see that a lot was sold a year ago for $20,000 and then sold for $100,000 a year after that. That's a massive increase."
'People are generally concerned about the future of the land,' says Shane MacDonald. (Brian Higgins/CBC)
He added: "People are generally concerned about the future of the land and how future generations are going to be able to purchase land."
Limits on land accumulation
Coalition organizers say people and corporations they believe to be associated with the Buddhist community in Kings County are conducting real estate transactions that, in the view of the coalition, contravene the spirit — if not the letter — of Prince Edward Island's Lands Protection Act.
The Lands Protection Act places limits on the amount of land that can be owned by any single person or corporation. A person can't have more than 1,000 acres, and a corporation can't exceed 3,000 acres in total.
The coalition says real estate transactions involving 15,500 acres of land in Kings County can be traced back to an entity or entities with the name "Bliss and Wisdom."
The coalition claims to have examined the ownership details given for some of the entities and found that names of owners and directors of various entities overlap in some cases. That leads the coalition to speculate that the organizations are linked. CBC has not independently verified those claims.
The data examined was gathered from "Canada tax, GeoLinc and ... two or three other organizations," according to Douglas Campbell, district director of the National Farmers Union.
Douglas Campbell, photographed in 2017, was one of the speakers at Saturday's meeting in Montague. (Steve Bruce/CBC)
"On government's part, there's been a blind eye turned to what is going on," Campbell told CBC News.
The coalition has also complained that crop land they believe to be affiliated with the Buddhist community is not being farmed, and instead left fallow.
Social media contains misinformation, say monks
A spokesman for Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society monks living communally in Kings County say the monks are dismayed and alarmed by what they say is rumour and misinformation.
"It's not true that they are using shell companies to buy up land in Kings County," said Xing Chang, a monk who identifies himself in English as Venerable Dan.
"Some people have solidified a conclusion about us... There's clearly a disconnect."
Venerable Dan, photographed in June 2022 for a story about the monks' efforts to end food poverty on Prince Edward Island, (Thinh Nguyen/CBC)
Venerable Dan says the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) owns about 575 acres of land. A separate group based in Brudenell, the Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute nuns, owns 663 acres of land, a spokeswoman told Saltwire News on March 21.
The GEBIS monks are completing construction on a large multi-purpose building in Heatherdale that will become the society's main campus in Kings County, including residential facilities.
Venerable Dan says the monks employ organic agricultural methods on their cropland, and are unaware of any of their acreage that has been left fallow. Some of their land is loaned out "for free" to other organic farmers in Kings County, he said.
The monks say "Bliss and Wisdom" is a name used by several non-profit organizations, but there is no formal connection among them. They compare the use of the phrase "Bliss and Wisdom" to the common use of the word "Island" in the names of various independent businesses on P.E.I.
A
new multi-purpose building in Heatherdale will become the main campus
for worship and study by monks of the Great Enlightenment Buddhist
Institute Society (GEBIS). (Brian Higgins/CBC)
Social media posts about the issue contain misinformation, Venerable Dan said.
"The past two or three months, it seems there more people drawn into it. You keep posting stuff and people believe it."
Venerable Dan says the monks were aware of Saturday's meeting in Montague and chose not to attend.
Lands Act needs 'constant revision': federation
The P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture says Saturday's meeting reflects long-standing concerns over land ownership on the Island, as well as questions over the effectiveness of the Lands Protection Act when it comes to corporate aggregation.
'We see issues with land ownership [in Kings County]. We see some confusion," said Donald Killorn, executive director of the federation. "We saw un update on the Lands Protection Act recently that we hope did close some of the more prominent loopholes."
The P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture has long lobbied for better protection for farmland, says Donald Killorn. (Shane Hennessey/CBC)
Killorn points out that he knows of "Island-born" farmers who have exceeded land ownership limits, by listing their spouses as owners of tracts of crop land.
"The act does require constant revision as people work to try and circumnavigate the law," said Killorn.
This is not about race. It's always been about the land.
— Douglas Campbell
The coalition says ethnicity is irrelevant, and in the past, accusations that questions about the monks are motivated by racism or xenophobia have diverted attention from legitimate concerns.
"This is not about race," said Campbell. "It's always been about the land."
CBC News reached out to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission for comment on the coalition's concerns. It replied with an email saying it was aware of Saturday's meeting but nobody from the coalition had been in direct contact with the commission.
The email added that IRAC "will continue to serve its role in administering the Lands Protection Act."
Meet the party leaders running in P.E.I.'s provincial election
Read, watch or listen — CBC's profiles of the leaders of P.E.I.'s parties
Here is what they had to say.
Progressive Conservatives
The Progressive Conservatives went into this election with 15 seats in the legislative assembly, hungry to maintain their majority government status and grow their caucus.
Leader Dennis King was a first-time politician in the 2019 campaign and is now seeking his second term in the premier's chair.
King leads a full slate of 27 candidates and his party heads into election day on April 3 in a strong polling position, according to data from the latest Narrative Research poll.
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party was the underdog among the four main parties heading into the campaign. They haven't had a candidate elected to the legislature since 1996.
Leader Michelle Neill took the reins of the party just a year ago and is looking to be elected for the first time in any level of politics.
Alongside her are a full slate of 26 other candidates from across the Island, including, in West Prince, the first and only NDP politician ever elected to the P.E.I. legislature, Herb Dickieson.
ILiberal Party
The Liberal Party is hitting for the fences in this election after dropping to third-party status and dwindling from 16 seats to six in the 2019 election. The party entered the 2023 race with just three incumbents re-offering.
Leader Sharon Cameron may be running for political office for the first time, but she has more than a decade of experience as a deputy minister. She's taking on Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker in District 17: New Haven-Rocky Point.
Cameron and 24 other Liberal candidates are running in this election, including an incumbent in Charlottetown and two in West Prince.
Green Party
The Green Party is looking to follow up on its historic success in the 2019 election — which saw eight candidates elected and the party forming the Official Opposition.
That was a feat for the Greens that had never happened before in the history of Canadian politics.
Leader Peter Bevan-Baker has twice won his district convincingly. This time he's facing Liberal Leader Sharon Cameron in his own district — a political move by Cameron that shocked Islanders, as leaders typically don't run against each other.
The Greens are fielding a slate of 25 candidates, with all incumbents re-offering except District 11's Hannah Bell.
Island Party
After a 12-year hiatus, the Island Party has returned to run in the 2023 P.E.I. election.
Ahava Kálnássy de Kálnás has been at the head of the party for about a month and is looking to be elected for the first time.
Kálnássy de Kálnás leads a slate of 11 candidates who say they want to introduce recall legislation, and focus on town halls and referendums on major issues — which the party says puts the power back in the hands of the people.
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Final PEI Election Poll
Our final poll for the 2023 PEI election has the incumbent PC’s ahead by a wide margin, capturing 50% of the vote. The Liberals and Greens both sit at 22% while the NDP is further behind at 5%.
We also found that half of PEI voters we surveyed had already voted early while the other 44% are waiting until election day to cast their vote.
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