FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2021 Improvements to The Police Act pass second reading Charlottetown, PE - Official Opposition legislation to improve the complaints process passed second reading in the Legislative Assembly today. “Under existing legislation, the public...
Trish Altass, MLA Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Critic Fisheries and Communities It is important that PEI has a complaints process that makes it easier—not harder—for Islanders to submit complaints concerning police misconduct. Having appropriate,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2021 Increased transparency and accountability in healthcare decision making with passing of Official Opposition Bill Charlottetown, PE - After a fulsome debate in the Legislature, amendments to the Health Services Act introduced by the...
Joint Statement by Michele Beaton, Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture and Land and Trish Altass, Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness on The Standing Committee on Health and Social Development’s decision to subpoena IRAC report on Brendel Farm...
Trish Altass, MLA Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness When healthcare decisions and plans are made by experts, Islanders benefit greatly. When those same decisions are left to the whims or political will of an individual, they can...
Statement by Trish Altass, Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness, on organizational changes at Health PEI The health crisis on PEI demands real and immediate action. The past two Premiers have made grand promises to fix the Islands health system. Sadly,...
Trish Altass, MLA Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness Premier King, end of 2020: Mental health will be a big priority in 2021 Premier King, start of 2021: As our first order of business, we are closing the Psychiatric Urgent Care...
Charlottetown, PE - The Office of the Official Opposition has made internal changes related to House leadership duties. Effective January 1, 2021, the Official Opposition House Leader will be Michele Beaton. Michele is MLA for District 5 Mermaid-Stratford. Also...
Trish Altass, MLA Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness This year, it’s hard to know what kind of news story we are going to wake up to. There has been so much heartache and loss during 2020 that sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Some days it feels like...
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 MLA Trish Altass introduced a motion that called on government to make Mental Health and Addiction Services a priority. The motion passed unanimously. Read full text of Motion No. 89 - Calling on Government to make Mental Health and...
On Thursday, November 12, 2020 MLA Trish Altass introduced a motion that called on government to implement a protocol to enable funding for treatments available on the formulary for rare diseases and to provide a more transparent and thoughtful response, justified by...
By Trish Altass, Official Opposition Critic for Health and Wellness There is a saying that goes “when you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” The initiative announced by government this week to recruit Islanders in the fight against impaired driving...
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