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Donalda Docherty

Affordability

Cell & Internet services

PC's promise

Expand high-speed Internet access to remaining households by 2024

"Expand high-speed internet access to the remaining 4% of households by 2024" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Childcare

PC's promises

Create a $20M fund to provide grants to Early Learning Centres to expand
Build childcare centres in all new public buildings, until wait lists are eliminated
Designate six more early learning centres this year
Create a pension plan for Early Childhood Educators this year
Start a national recruitment campaign for Early Childhood Educators to live and work in PEI
Give grants to private developers who build childcare centres into multi-unit buildings in under-served regions
Pilot a universal afterschool programme for K-6

"Work with existing providers and engage with our school system to pilot a universal afterschool program for grades K to 6 and develop an action plan to expand the program to all areas of the province" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Pilot extended-hour childcare facilities close to hospitals

"Pilot extended-hour childcare facilities that are in close proximity to our hospitals" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Dental care and optometry

PC's promises

Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

"Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Expand the Eye See...Eye Learn Program to ages 0-12

"Expand the Eye See...Eye Learn Program to provide children with two free eye exams and two free pairs of eyeglasses between birth and age 12" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Food prices

PC's promises

Consider a universal breakfast program for schools

"Explore the creation of a universal breakfast program with the English and French language school boards" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Fund organisations that run community fridges

"Provide core funding to organizations that run community fridges and fund an umbrella organization to work with community leaders across the province" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Fuel and transportation costs

PC's promise

Work with the federal government to reduce bridge and ferry tolls to $20

Prescription drugs & pharmacare

PC's promises

Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

"Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Reduce the co-pay for the generic drug programme to $5
Add more drugs to the formulary covered by the government

"Continue to work with the federal government towards a PharmaCare program by adding more drugs to the formulary covered by the government" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Public transit

PC's promises

Invest in an Island-wide transit system
Keep fares at $2/trip, and monthly passes at $10-$20

"Lead the country in low-cost public transit by subsidizing the transit system to $2 per ride or $10 - $20 for a monthly pass" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Add more routes

"Continue to make investments in the Island-wide transit system, keeping fares at $2 per trip and adding more routes, to make it more affordable to get to and from work." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Tax measures and rebates

PC's promises

Roll back property taxes to 2020 rates
Provide a $500 tax credit for volunteers with registered charities and non-profits
Increase the Seniors Tax Credit to $6,510, and raise the threshold to $36K
Increase the Basic Personal Exemption Amount to $15K over the next 4 years
Reevaluate the provincial income tax brackets

"In addition to raising the basic personal exemption amount to $15,000 over four years, we will also re-evaluate the provincial income tax bracket model to be more competitive and leave more money in the pockets of Islanders, especially low-income Islanders." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Climate Change & the Environment

Active transportation

PC's promise

Double investment in active transportation paths

Climate adaptation

PC's promises

Expand the Free Heat Pump programme to include homes with up to $100K income
Provide a $5M fund to retrofit warming centres to support communities during extreme weather events

"Launch a $5 million fund for retrofitting warming centres with appropriate equipment and supplies to support communities during weather events" — [With You. For You., 2023-03-24]( — With You. For You., 2023-03-24)

Install bi-directional EV chargers in critical infrastructure and warming centres, so EVs can be used to provide power during outages

"Install bi-directional EV chargers at critical infrastructure locations and warming centres so that electric school buses can be used as generators during power outages" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Work with the federal government on on-Island power generation and storage

"• Build electrical grid resilience, in partnership with the federal government, through on-

Island generation and storage

• Establish a generation power network to ensure essential services and critical

infrastructure can continue during significant disruption periods

• Create a pilot for an on-Island Electrical Generation Project" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Energy generation

PC's promise

Work with the federal government on on-Island power generation and storage

"• Build electrical grid resilience, in partnership with the federal government, through on-

Island generation and storage

• Establish a generation power network to ensure essential services and critical

infrastructure can continue during significant disruption periods

• Create a pilot for an on-Island Electrical Generation Project" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Forests

PC's promises

Increase nursery tree production by 30%
Implement all recommendations from the Emergency Forestry Task Force

Green construction and retrofits

PC's promise

Use more solar energy at schools

Green tech

PC's promises

Create a $50M programme to invest in green technology in PEI

"Launch a $50 Million dollar Cleantech Energy Program to kick-start the clean tech sector on Prince Edward Island and support the Clean Tech Academy in Georgetown" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Support the Clean Tech Academy in Georgetown

Green transportation

PC's promise

Switch to 100% electric buses by 2030

Land

PC's promises

Create a 25-year coastal management plan

"Work with the School of Climate Change and Adaptation to create a 25-year coastal management plan" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines

"Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Public transit

PC's promises

Invest in an Island-wide transit system
Keep fares at $2/trip, and monthly passes at $10-$20

"Lead the country in low-cost public transit by subsidizing the transit system to $2 per ride or $10 - $20 for a monthly pass" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Add more routes

"Continue to make investments in the Island-wide transit system, keeping fares at $2 per trip and adding more routes, to make it more affordable to get to and from work." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Waste

PC's promise

Create a provincial food waste reduction strategy

Water

PC's promises

Fund an expansion of the Watershed Alliance Network

"Increase funding to expand our Watershed Alliance Network to ensure in-shore fisheries are protected, waterways are kept clean, and trees are planted" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines

"Increase setback requirements in sensitive areas, including shorelines" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Education

Indigenous learning

PC's promises

Offer courses on local Indigenous history in the curriculum

K-12 funding

PC's promises

Add 100 new positions including teachers, educational assistance, youth service workers, counsellors, and mental health support workers
Create outdoor learning spaces

"Establish outdoor learning spaces to stimulate new educational opportunities and a greater appreciation for our environment" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Consider a universal breakfast program for schools

"Explore the creation of a universal breakfast program with the English and French language school boards" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Learning needs

PC's promises

Provide a $500 tutor rebate

Post-secondary costs and tuition

PC's promises

Increase the George Coles Bursary to $3,500/year, and expand it to include some off-Island studies and healthcare

"Increase the George Coles Bursary to $3,500 per year for post-secondary students and expand the program to students studying off Island in programs not offered in PEI and to students in health care training programs such as LPNs, RNs, etc." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Make on-Island tuition free for RCWs, LPNs, and Paramedics who serve in PEI for two years, and provide bursaries for LPNs, RNs, and Paramedics who study off-Island
Continue to fund open educational resources, so as to reduce post-secondary costs

School construction and upgrades

PC's promises

Create a $25M fund over three years for school infrastructure

"Create a School Infrastructure Revitalization Fund investing $25 Million Dollars over the next three years to ensure our schools are safe, modernized teaching and learning environments" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Add Automated External Defibrillators to all schools
Expand and renovate Queen Charlotte Intermediate School
Use more solar energy at schools
Add plans for a junior high school for the Stratford Campus
Create outdoor learning spaces

"Establish outdoor learning spaces to stimulate new educational opportunities and a greater appreciation for our environment" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Student mental health

PC's promises

Run a pilot programme to hire School Resource Officers

"Create a pilot program to fund the hiring of School Resource Officers for each family of schools that want one and conduct a comprehensive review of how they can work collaboratively with school administration, teachers, support staff and student wellbeing teams" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Create a task force to develop a plan to address cyber-bullying and promote online safety

"Create a multi-sectoral task force to develop an action plan to address cyberbullying behaviour and promote cyber safety" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Health & Healthcare

Ambulance and emergency wait-times

PC's promises

Hire more physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide Emergency Room care
Make virtual care apps like Maple free
Set up a task force to create a plan for reducing delays when offloading patients from ambulances
Hire more care providers and patient advocates to provide waiting room support
Provide up to $20k more funding to fire departments offering Medical First Responder services
Add four full-time ambulances
Provide free tuition for primary and advanced care paramedics who serve in PEI for two years
Offer recruitment incentives for rural paramedic positions
Provide funding to organisations providing non-urgent patient transfers

"Providing funding to organizations such as Pat and the Elephant, Transportation West, and others to do the non-urgent transfer of medically stable patient transfers on PEI. This funding would include covering transportation costs as well as providing funding for the necessary equipment and vehicles to provide patient transfers" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-07

Chronic pain

PC's promises

Develop a Chronic Pain Management Strategy and set up a clinic

"Develop and support a Chronic Pain Management Strategy and Chronic Pain Management Clinic" — [With You. For You., 2023-03-24](With You. For You., 2023-03-24)

Dental care and optometry

PC's promises

Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

"Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Expand the Eye See...Eye Learn Program to ages 0-12

"Expand the Eye See...Eye Learn Program to provide children with two free eye exams and two free pairs of eyeglasses between birth and age 12" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Diabetes

PC's promises

Remove the age requirement on the Diabetes Insulin Pump Program
Remove the age cap on continuous glucose monitoring devices

"Remove the age cap on continuous glucose monitoring devices and provide support based on household income levels" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Drugs and addiction

PC's promises

Provide $250K to allow workers who work with vulnerable people to take the Brain Story Certification training

"Provide $250,000 to facilitate frontline workers — such as social workers, healthcare professionals, correctional workers, police officers and anyone who works with vulnerable Islanders — to take the Brain Story Certification training to better understand the connection between brain development to addiction and mental health" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Invest in a dedicated site in Charlottetown to provide wrap-around services for vulnerable Islanders

"Invest in a Charlottetown-based dedicated site to provide wrap-around services for vulnerable Islanders, including but not limited to Community Outreach Centre, supportive housing, housing that fosters independent living, harm reduction programs, social supports, training programs, etc." — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Fitness and wellbeing

PC's promises

Increase the income threshold for KidSport funding

"Increase the income threshold for KidSport funding to provide up to $600 per child to participate in sports and recreational activities for any household that earns under $80,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Increase the Fitness and Activity Tax Credit to $1K

"Increase the Fitness and Activity Tax Credit to $1,000 for registration or membership fees to artistic, cultural, recreational or physical activity programming" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Long-term care

PC's promises

Decrease the wage gap between public and private providers

"Continue to work with the Long-term Care Associations to decrease the wage gap between public and private providers and to develop a long-term human resource strategy for community care and long-term care facilities" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Expand electronic medical records to manors and nursing homes
Legislate common standards with standardised inspections for public and private care facilities

"Make legislative amendments to ensure that public and private community care facilities and long-term care facilities move toward common standards, including uniform inspections so that Islanders are safe and receive appropriate care and support" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Add additional resources, such as physiotherapists and occupational therapists, to community and long-term care facilities

"Introduce additional resources, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other allied health providers, into community care and long-term facilities to improve the quality of life for residents" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Create a fund for recruitment and retention initiatives

"Respecting collective agreements, establish a fund to foster recruitment and retention specific to community care and long-term care facilities" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Create a capital loan programme for expanding community and long-term care programmes

"Create a capital loan program for community care and long-term care facilities to expand over the next five years" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Increase the monthly comfort allowance for residents in care

Mental health

PC's promises

Provide $250K to allow workers who work with vulnerable people to take the Brain Story Certification training

"Provide $250,000 to facilitate frontline workers — such as social workers, healthcare professionals, correctional workers, police officers and anyone who works with vulnerable Islanders — to take the Brain Story Certification training to better understand the connection between brain development to addiction and mental health" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Provide funding for a dedicated resource to provide mental health support to the Autism Society of PEI's members and their families

Prescription drugs & pharmacare

PC's promises

Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

"Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Reduce the co-pay for the generic drug programme to $5
Add more drugs to the formulary covered by the government

"Continue to work with the federal government towards a PharmaCare program by adding more drugs to the formulary covered by the government" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Primary care

PC's promises

Add 16 more Patient Medical Homes by the end of 2024
Make virtual care apps like Maple free
Add 100 new full-time positions supporting medical homes
Create Mobile Primary Care Clinics
Launch walk-in clinics led by nurse practitioners
Attach all patients on the Patient Registry to a Medical Home within the next 2 years
Expand the Charlottetown and Summerside Primary Care Access Clinics, and open new ones in West Prince and Kings County
Allow people to access telehealth services at libraries and Access PEI locations
Expand online tools like Skip the Waiting Room for booking appointments

"Implement tools like Skip the Waiting Room across all areas of the healthcare system to reduce no-show appointments and provide patients with the ability to book their own appointments" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Implement a programme to connect family physicians directly with specialists, instead of having physicians make unnecessary referrals

"Implement a Virtual Hallway program to connect family physicians with specialists for consults to avoid unnecessary referrals to specialists." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Revise the medical fee structure to allow family physicians to provide additional walk-in clinic services

"Modernize the medical fee structure so it is flexible enough to cover innovative arrangements for family physicians who want to provide access to primary care through walk-in clinics outside their existing patients" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Provide operating grants to establish Access Clinic Exam Spaces for pharmacists, physicians, and nurse practitioners to provide walk-in services

"Working with communities and non-profit organizations, provide operating grants to establish Access Clinic Exam Spaces for local pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, and locum physicians to provide walk-in clinics for routine, non-urgent matters" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Regional healthcare

PC's promises

Include more healthcare professionals under the regional licensing system

"Increase our regional licensing system to include other healthcare professionals, similar to what the Atlantic provinces have done with the Atlantic Physician Registry" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Work with other Atlantic provinces to use vacant operating room times across the region for reducing surgery backlogs
Provide financial assistance to cover accommodations and meals for Islanders who have to travel out-of-province for treatment, tests, or operations

"Launch a comprehensive Medical Transportation Assistance Program to provide Islanders who have to travel out of province for medical treatment, tests or operations with financial assistance to cover accommodations and per diems for meals, in addition to existing programs to cover gas, bridge or ferry tolls" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Rural healthcare

PC's promise

Offer recruitment incentives for rural paramedic positions

Senior at-home care

PC's promises

Provide $500/year rebates for home-based medical alert systems
Increase the Seniors Safe at Home income threshold to $15,000

"Increase income thresholds for the Seniors Safe at Home program from $10,000 to $15,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Provide seniors living at-home with social and health services, including telehealth

"Establishing a Care-in-Place program by working with home care, community care, and long-term care facilities to provide seniors living at home with enhanced social and health supports including telehealth services available from home, connecting residents with existing community services and programs, friendly check-in calls and in-person social visits, offering intergenerational programming with students, transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping and social outings, and opening recreational programs available at long-term care facilities to seniors living in their own homes." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-09

Add 50 new positions over 2 years to provide home care services and support for patients discharged from hospitals
Increase the Seniors Home Repair programme to $8,000

"Increase income thresholds for the Seniors Home Repair program from $4,000 to $8,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Provide a grant up to $1,500/mo to families of seniors remaining at-home

"Create a Primary Caregiver Grant of up to $1,500 a month to support families who choose to keep their loved ones at home longer instead of going to community care" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Seniors' health & services

PC's promises

Increase the Seniors Hearing Aid Rebate to cover up to $6,000

"Doubling the Seniors Hearing Aid Rebate program to a maximum coverage of up to $6,000 instead of a maximum of $3,000 per individual" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Increase the Seniors Tax Credit to $6,510, and raise the threshold to $36K
Expand the Seniors Independence Initiative to provide up to $2,500 in assistance for individuals with income up to $40K and couples with income up to $50K

"Expand the Seniors Independence Initiative to provide up to $2,500 in assistance for individuals with a household income of up to $40,000 for a single person or $50,000 for a couple" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Sexual and reproductive health

PC's promise

Provide access to free contraceptive care

Speech and hearing

PC's promise

Create a 12-month plan to add new speech-language pathologist and audiologist positions

"Working with the PEI Speech and Hearing Association, develop a 12-month action plan to add new Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists positions to the public system to address the current waitlist and population gaps in services" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Staffing shortages

PC's promises

Make on-Island tuition free for RCWs, LPNs, and Paramedics who serve in PEI for two years, and provide bursaries for LPNs, RNs, and Paramedics who study off-Island
Provide free licenses for returning healthcare workers who want to do casual or part-time work
Guarantee that students studying in healthcare will get full-time positions the day after they graduate
Legislate recognition of domestic and foreign RCW, LPN, and RN credentials
Allow foreign-trained physicians to practice under a new Associate Physician license, while being supervised by fully-licensed physicians

"Launch an Associate Physician license to allow foreign-trained physicians expedited licensing to practice to a defined scope under the supervision of other fully licensed physicians" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-09

Work with post-secondary institutions to help retrain RCWs as LPNs and LPNs as RNs, while keeping them at work
Create a recruitment and retention strategy for high vacancy positions

"Develop a recruitment and retention strategy for high vacancy positions, including lab technology, social work, psychology and therapists, by working with post-secondary partners in the region" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Training more staff

PC's promises

Make on-Island tuition free for RCWs, LPNs, and Paramedics who serve in PEI for two years, and provide bursaries for LPNs, RNs, and Paramedics who study off-Island
Guarantee that students studying in healthcare will get full-time positions the day after they graduate
Start an Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Work with communities and post-secondary institutions to offer healthcare training programmes in communities across the province

"Work with communities and our post-secondary institutions to offer training programs for healthcare professionals in communities across the province, as our PC government has done for RCW training" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Work with post-secondary institutions to help retrain RCWs as LPNs and LPNs as RNs, while keeping them at work
Create a programme in high schools to help students transition into health-based careers

"Develop a Healthcare Career Pathway Pilot in high schools allowing students to more easily transition from high school to health-based careers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Housing & Homelessness

Affordable housing

PC's promise

Support and finance establishment of new co-op housing complexes

"Provide support, mentorship, and financing to establish new co-operative housing complexes across the province by working with communities, non-profits, and regional development corporations so tenants have authority and input into the operation of their buildings" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Home construction and supply

PC's promises

Provide a $25M fund to municipalities and regional development corporations to develop lots for Islanders to purchase and make modular builds on

"Provide $25 Million Infrastructure Fund to municipalities and regional development corporations to work with communities outside the capital area to develop construction-ready lots for Islanders to purchase and use for modular builds" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Provide instant building permits during appointments for some types of building permits

"Introduce Instant Building Permits where permits can be instantly issued during an appointment with a multi-disciplinary team for straight-forward, routine building permits" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Reduce building permit wait time to a maximum of 30 days by year's-end
Increase the Housing Challenge Fund by $50M to provide 2% financing for quick-start housing projects which add at least 250 units

"Increase the Housing Challenge Fund by $50 Million Dollars providing developers with 2% financing for quick-start housing projects which will add at least another 250 units to the housing inventory." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Expand in-school vocational training opportunities in the trades

"Expand vocational training opportunities in our education system to expose students to career options earlier and provide pathways for mentorship and training for young Islanders to express an interest in the construction industry." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Fund expanded training programmes for the construction industry

"Provide funding to expand training programs such as the ‘Discover Carpentry’ program to expose more Islanders to the construction industry and provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge to be employable in the industry" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Invest $500K over two years in international recruitment for PEI's construction workforce

"Working with the Office of Immigration, the Construction Association of PEI, and local contractors, invest $500,000 over the next two years to build on the Trades Canada program to recruit new workers to join the construction workforce on Prince Edward Island through international recruitment missions" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Home purchases and ownership

PC's promises

Create a programme to provide first-time home buyers with up to $2,500 for closing costs
Launch a rent-to-own programme offering opportunities to purchase a home after renting it for 24 months
Provide up to $3,500/year to assist low-income homeowners with essential upgrades and maintenance

"Launch a low-income home repair grant to provide up to $3,500 per year to assist low-income homeowners with essential upgrades and maintenance" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Create opportunities for tiny home communities in rural PEI

"Create opportunities for tiny home communities in rural PEI where Islanders can purchase and build equity instead of paying rent" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Rental housing

PC's promises

Launch a rent-to-own programme offering opportunities to purchase a home after renting it for 24 months

Shelters and homeless services

PC's promise

Invest in a dedicated site in Charlottetown to provide wrap-around services for vulnerable Islanders

"Invest in a Charlottetown-based dedicated site to provide wrap-around services for vulnerable Islanders, including but not limited to Community Outreach Centre, supportive housing, housing that fosters independent living, harm reduction programs, social supports, training programs, etc." — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Jobs

Agriculture

PC's promises

Keep agricultural land in food production
Support healthy soils initiatives
Make provincially-owned land available for community gardens

"Make provincially-owned land available for organizations to operate community gardens" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Promote local food products

"Promote local food products and support community based promotional campaigns for our products from land and sea" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Explore controlled-environment and indoor farming

"Support the agriculture sector by exploring controlled-environment farming and indoor farming through state-of-the-art greenhouses, tunnels, hydroponics and enhanced storage and refrigeration" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Modernise the Agricultural Insurance Corporation
Support expanding the solar programme for farms and making three-phase power more widely available

"Support green farming initiatives including expanding the solar program for farms and making three-phase power more widely available to rural businesses and farms that contribute to our primary industries" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Support mental health services for farmers
Support green farming initiatives
Support diversification of crops to prepare for climate change

Gig and contract workers

PC's promise

Provide insurance for health, dental, and medications for part-time, seasonal, contract, and gig workers

"Create a Portable Health Benefits Program to provide health, dental, and medication insurance for workers who may not be employed full-time, year-round, or those facing barriers to insurance coverage like seasonal workers, contract employees, and gig economy workers." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10

Seafood, fishing, and aquaculture

PC's promises

Fund an e-log system to comply with the DFO mandate

"In partnership with the Fiserhmans Association provide funding to develop a made-in-PEI, for PEI, e-log system to comply with the mandate from DFO to have an electronic log system by 2024" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Promote local food products

"Promote local food products and support community based promotional campaigns for our products from land and sea" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Rebuild lost infrastructure
Invest in tech advancements for reducing waste and creating value-added products
Support the sector by establishing its own dredging service

Tourism

PC's promises

Provide multi-year funding agreements for community festivals and events
Provide labour incentives for hard-to-fill positions, with a focus on shoulder seasons

"Establish labour incentives to assist the tourism sector (TIAPEI) in staffing hard-to-fill positions, with a focus on the shoulder seasons" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Create new interactive tourism products in rural PEI

"Create new interactive tourism products in rural PEI by working on sharing our history through tourism products such as the Confederation Trail" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Provide $1M in marketing funding to the Charlottetown Airport Authority

"Provide $1 million in marketing funding to the Charlottetown Airport Authority to re-establish connections to key Canadian destinations, such as Ottawa, and work with regional carriers, such as Provincial Airlines (PAL Airlines), to open up new tourism markets in Atlantic Canada" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Reduce regulation of car rentals

"Work with industry on reducing regulatory barriers to expand rental car availability" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Work with the federal government to provide shore-side power at the Charlottetown Port to attract more cruise ships

"In cooperation with the federal government, provide shore-side power at the Charlottetown Port to attract more cruise ships, especially in the shoulder seasons" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Support upgrades to Confederation Centre

Trades

PC's promises

Expand in-school vocational training opportunities in the trades

"Expand vocational training opportunities in our education system to expose students to career options earlier and provide pathways for mentorship and training for young Islanders to express an interest in the construction industry." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Fund expanded training programmes for the construction industry

"Provide funding to expand training programs such as the ‘Discover Carpentry’ program to expose more Islanders to the construction industry and provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge to be employable in the industry" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-15

Training

PC's promises

Create a $10M fund to create mentorship and training opportunities

"$10 Million Dollar Upskilling and Re-Skilling Fund to work with employers to create unique opportunities to get more people into the workforce through mentorship and training opportunities by working with sector champions" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Fund industry groups to develop online training platforms

"Fund sector and industry groups to develop online training platforms for professional development, upskilling, and to allow for quicker onboarding of new graduates and employees into critical roles" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Society & Government

Disabilities and accessibility

PC's promise

Create a $2M fund to retrofit workplaces for accessibility

"Establish a $2 Millon Dollar Adaptation Fund for employees to retrofit workplaces to make them more accessible for those who have physical disabilities to participate either remotely or in person" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-17

Justice and legal aid

PC's promises

Provide $500K for Community Legal Information, which helps residents understand the law and justice system

"Provide $500,000 in funding for Community Legal Information to continue their work on intimate partner violence, workplace sexual harassment, and cyberbullying" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Establish a Community Legal Aid Service

"Establish a Community Legal Aid Service to increase access to justice including legal representation which is not currently provided by existing legal aid programs" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Local government

PC's promises

Create a new funding formula for local governments

"Build a stronger, more equitable funding formula for all communities - large and small, rural and urban" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Introduce more programmes for municipalities to share services

"Introduce additional shared services programs for municipalities so that communities can remain independent and autonomous while working together in providing high-quality, timely services to residents" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Create a $25M Community Infrastructure Program for retrofitting and upgrading community facilities

"Establishing a $25 Million dollar Community Infrastructure Program to assist communities in retrofitting and upgrading key community facilities such as arenas, and community centres" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Policing

PC's promises

Expand the Atlantic Police Academy in Summerside, including expanding training in mental health, addictions, and working with marginalised communities

"Invest in provincial policing resources by investing in an expansion of the Atlantic Police Academy in Summerside so more Islanders can train, live and work in their home communities. This would include an expansion of specialized training in mental health, addictions, and working with marginalized communities" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16

Run a pilot programme to hire School Resource Officers

"Create a pilot program to fund the hiring of School Resource Officers for each family of schools that want one and conduct a comprehensive review of how they can work collaboratively with school administration, teachers, support staff and student wellbeing teams" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Racism and diversity

PC's promise

Provide a for-year core funding agreement for the Black Cultural Society of PEI

"Provide a four-year core funding agreement for the Black Cultural Society of PEI to renew its strategic plan and to ensure it can continue to address structural and systemic racism in PEI" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Reconciliation

PC's promises

Offer courses on local Indigenous history in the curriculum
Work with L'nuey to create online learning courses to preserve the Mi'kmaq language

Misc. topics

Children and youth

PC's promise

Increase the income threshold for KidSport funding

"Increase the income threshold for KidSport funding to provide up to $600 per child to participate in sports and recreational activities for any household that earns under $80,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24

Libraries

PC's promises

Fund an expansion of the Imagination Library programme

"Provide the necessary funding to expand the Imagination Library program so that more young Islanders receive books in the mail each month." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20

Provincial parks

PC's promise

Invest $10M in provincial parks

"Invest $10 Million dollars in Provincial Parks across the province to modernize and enhance the programs and services they bring to rural communities." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16



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Biography

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Donalda’s ties to District 17, New Haven-Rocky Point go back for five generations.

She works as a school bus driver and knows the many roads and families of the district. A volunteer and community builder, she was a founding director of Communities 13 Inc. and a Board Member for the Burnside Presbyterian Church. She has been a union executive with the PEI Union of Public Sector Employees (UPSE) and she has been a volunteer and leader with the North River Minor Hockey Association for thirty years.

Fiercely proud of where she’s from, Donalda has helped organize community celebrations for accomplished local athletes like Katie Baker, Jared Connaughton and Adam McQuaid.

Donalda is ready to work with you and for you as the MLA for District 17, New Haven-Rocky Point.



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