Trish Altass
Official Opposition Whip
MLA District 23 Tyne Valley – Sherbrooke

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Trish Altass
Mailing address: PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Office address: 2nd Floor, Coles Building, 175 Richmond Street
Tel: 902-620-3977
Email: pdaltassMLA@assembly.pe.ca
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About Trish
Trish Altass is a community-based researcher whose work has involved exploring lived experiences and collaborating with government departments, community organizations and vulnerable populations. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to work that supports the development of a more equitable society where everyone can live healthy, well and strong within their communities and families.
Trish has been a strong advocate for policy development based on the social determinants of health and the need for a basic income guarantee to eliminate poverty. She was also a founding member of the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute at the University of Guelph, focused on building community-university partnerships, community engagement and social innovation.
In addition to her research and community work, she has been a union leader, serving as women’s council chair and local president of the teaching assistant and sessional faculty union at the University of Guelph, CUPE 3913.
Trish was elected to represent District 23, Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke on April 23, 2019, and is currently the opposition critic for Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture. She is also the Official Opposition Whip.
Trish was born in Eastern PEI, and after many years living away, she relocated to Summerside where she lives with her partner and son.
Critic for
- Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture
Committees
- Education and Economic Growth
Our Work

Why is Premier King unwilling to provide the most basic of protections for Island workers?
Why is Premier King unwilling to provide the most basic of protections for Island workers? Trish Altass, MLA Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke Official Opposition Green Critic for Economic Growth, Tourism and Culture Originally published in The Guardian December 13, 2022...

King government overcomplicating sick leave protections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2022 King government overcomplicating sick leave protections Summerside, PE - On Monday, the King government put some protections in place for Island workers who are sick with a respiratory illness. However, the path to this...
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