By Trish Altass, MLA District 23 Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness "It's not acceptable." These are the words used by Ellen Taylor when describing her own struggle with addiction and the frustration she faced when looking for...
By Karla Bernard, MLA District 12 Charlottetown-Victoria Park Official Opposition Critic for Status of Women One third of Canadian women under the age of 25 years live in period poverty. This is defined as not being able to afford menstrual products. In Charlottetown...
By Trish Altass, MLA District 23 Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Land *first published The Guardian (February 5, 2020) In a recent attempt to grab a headline, P.E.I. Health Minister James Aylward announced his department was...
By Trish Altass, Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness; MLA District 23 Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke No one has said solving the Islands’ healthcare crisis would be easy. However, it is impossible to make progress based on empty promises. Since being appointed,...
Summerside, PE – Since being appointed to the Health and Wellness portfolio, Minister Aylward has been talking about all the conversations he has been having with community and stakeholders. However, evidence seems to show this has not really been the case....
By: Trish Altass, Official Opposition Shadow Critic for Health and Wellness It is very easy to point out the challenges we are currently facing in our healthcare system, with staffing shortages being at the top of that list. Even easier is highlighting all of the ways...
Failure is NOT an Option Simply recruiting physicians to a broken system is not the answer Charlottetown, PE – It is no secret Islanders are facing a crisis in the provision of health care services on Prince Edward Island. Under the previous Liberal government,...
Statement from Ms. Trish Altass, MLA for District 23, Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke and Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness, and Honourable Peter Bevan Baker, MLA for District 17 New Haven-Rocky Point and Leader of the Official Opposition, on implementing the...
On November 12, 2019 Ms. Karla Bernard, MLA District 12 Charlottetown-Victoria Park, introduced a private members bill to amend the Employment Standards Act. This bill amends the Employment Standards Act to extend domestic violence leave, intimate partner violence...
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