Affordability
Cell & Internet services
PC's promise
"Expand high-speed internet access to the remaining 4% of households by 2024" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Childcare
PC's promises
"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 that are in close proximity to our hospitals" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Dental care and optometry
PC's promises
"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 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
"Explore the creation of a universal breakfast program with the English and French language school boards" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
Prescription drugs & pharmacare
PC's promises
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
Climate adaptation
PC's promises
"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 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
"• 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
"• 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
Green construction and retrofits
PC's promise
Green tech
PC's promises
"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
Green transportation
PC's promise
Land
PC's promises
"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" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Public transit
PC's promises
"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
"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
Water
PC's promises
"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" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Education
Indigenous learning
PC's promises
K-12 funding
PC's promises
"Establish outdoor learning spaces to stimulate new educational opportunities and a greater appreciation for our environment" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-20
"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
Post-secondary costs and tuition
PC's promises
"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
School construction and upgrades
PC's promises
"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
"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
"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 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
"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 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
"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 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 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 $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 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 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 $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
"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
"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
"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
"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 program for community care and long-term care facilities to expand over the next five years" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Mental health
PC's promises
"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
Prescription drugs & pharmacare
PC's promises
"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
"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
"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 Virtual Hallway program to connect family physicians with specialists for consults to avoid unnecessary referrals to specialists." — peipc.ca, 2023-03-10
"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
"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
"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
"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
Senior at-home care
PC's promises
"Increase income thresholds for the Seniors Safe at Home program from $10,000 to $15,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
"Increase income thresholds for the Seniors Home Repair program from $4,000 to $8,000" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
"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
"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
Speech and hearing
PC's promise
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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 $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
"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
"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 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
"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
"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
"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 where Islanders can purchase and build equity instead of paying rent" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Rental housing
PC's promises
Shelters and homeless services
PC's promise
"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
"Make provincially-owned land available for organizations to operate community gardens" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"Promote local food products and support community based promotional campaigns for our products from land and sea" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
"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
Gig and contract workers
PC's promise
"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
"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 and support community based promotional campaigns for our products from land and sea" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
Tourism
PC's promises
"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 by working on sharing our history through tourism products such as the Confederation Trail" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
"Work with industry on reducing regulatory barriers to expand rental car availability" — With You. For You., 2023-03-24
"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
Trades
PC's promises
"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
"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
"$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 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
"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 $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 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
"Build a stronger, more equitable funding formula for all communities - large and small, rural and urban" — peipc.ca, 2023-03-16
"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
"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
"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
"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 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
Misc. topics
Children and youth
PC's promise
"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
"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 $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
They may still in the future!
Biography
Darlene has always been a champion for her community. As the MLA for Belfast-Murray River since 2015, she helped rally her community to fight local school closures, protect local fishing grounds in the Northumberland Strait, and pushed for a new Wood Islands ferry.
Darlene is the first female to serve as Deputy Premier, and she’s the first female Agriculture Minister in Island history. As Minister of Finance, she helped make the tax system fairer for workers, small businesses, charities and seniors. As Minister of Justice and Public Safety, she helped the province recover after the devastating effects of Hurricane Fiona.
Darlene and her husband Russell live on the Ponds Road and are proud parents and grandparents.