The increase, estimated at 25 per cent
for the average household, was announced as part of the city’s budget,
which was released Wednesday.
“The water and sewer utility has
been completing significant infrastructure upgrades and will continue
doing so for the foreseeable future,” said Coun. Terry Bernard, finance
committee chair, in a news release.
Prince Edward Islanders will be going to the polls on April 23, Premier Wade MacLauchlan announced Tuesday night.
“This is Prince Edward Island’s time,” he told a nomination meeting for a local candidate at a Charlottetown hotel. “This is a time to decide if we go forward.”
The Liberal government didn’t have to take voters to the polls until Oct. 7 under the province’s fixed-date election provisions, but there was an apparent desire to avoid overlap with the federal election this fall.
The NDP is pretty much nonexistent in PEI (polling at 4%), so my hope is that the Greens do well. I’m hoping that the NDP do well too, but moving up from 4% support in less than a month is a tall order.
I can’t help but wonder how they will deal with the Northern Pulp pipe mess going into the Northhumberland Strait.
Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker remained the top choice by a large margin, with 37 per cent preferring him as premier. Premier Wade MacLauchlan’s support fell to 20 per cent. #pepoli
