PEI Herald

Professional flag lion. Very long and skinny. Don't argue with a cartoon flag lion on twitter. You'll look silly.

[PEI Herald @PEIHerald]

I do not back any political party. I am not interested in discussions of 'us' versus 'them'. My concern is with ideas of change that are deep, well-considered and meaningful.

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@PEIPCParty @PEIgreens By then, fiscal headroom will be gone. Combined with global geopolitical turmoil and financial instability, PEI politics will become far more volatile and unpredictable.

Eventually, when there are no easy options left, we'll take the hard medicine, reset, and start again.

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The PEI PCs are in a tough spot. Cost-of-living pressures and internal party dynamics could cost them the next election.

If the election is held on schedule (July to October 2027), my seat prediction:

Green: 13
PC: 9
Liberal: 5
NDP: 0

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@PEIPCParty @PEIgreens The @PEIGreens, with new power, campaign promises to deliver, and rising borrowing costs, will push the deficit even higher, accelerating PEI's debt spiral.

Within the next 2 to 5 years, I believe the province will hit a borrowing wall, and there won't be an easy way out.

[Canada Spends @canada_spends]

In 2025, Canadians paid $234.3 billion in personal income tax - accounting for 46% of federal revenue.

But how does each loonie break down? Have a look 👇

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Province House has been under renovation for 11½ years.

The Confederation Bridge was built in four.

The bridge opened on schedule and close to budget.

Province House is nearing 7× its original price tag and 4× its original timeline.

No one cares.

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PEI is asking Islanders how to modernize alcohol laws, but skips the biggest question:

Should the PEI Liquor Control Commission exist?

Beyond protecting government jobs, what is the best argument for keeping it? I can't think of one.

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@CBCPEI @LouiseMartinCBC The Island's headline 2.8% growth is close to fully manufactured. A 3.5%-of-GDP deficit plus the deepest transfer dependence in Canada, with the growth composition dominated by health-care spending and real estate, puts organic growth plausibly at -3% or worse.

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There comes a point in long economic cycles when media unknowingly reinforce the myths keeping the cycle alive. We’re there

PEI’s highest deficit per capita and highest growth in Canada are the same story: we’re borrowing our growth.

Best of luck to @cbcpei & @LouiseMartinCBC

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@CBCPEI @LouiseMartinCBC Subtract each province's own deficit plus a ~1.7-point federal allocation from 2025 growth:The deficit-adjusted numbers (2025 real growth minus provincial deficit minus ~1.7pt federal share):

We're not first, we're actually almost dead last:

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Get used to headlines like this. Economic reality is beginning to crash headlong into everyone’s hopes, dreams, and pet projects.

The PEI government will keep searching for places to cut, even as it continues to run increasingly large deficits.

https://t.co/Yxm4mrJVao

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@ambermac I’ve got a more nuanced, somewhere-in-the-middle take on all this. That said, that’s a damn good line, @ambermac.

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@canada_spends Top three will double or triple in the next decade.

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Yes, even if they don’t want to.

And it won’t stop at pensions. Your TFSA, RRSPs, and the devaluation of the Canadian dollar are all part of what is going to happen.

https://t.co/mBTX1q6aiD

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@PEIGuardian You too? I thought it was just @CBCPEI This shouldn't be a story. 147 opt-in people online. Do better.

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CBC ran a front-page headline off 147 self-selected respondents and a poll so weak the firm wouldn't attach a margin of error. Delete this and poll a Tim Hortons drive thru instead. It would be a better sample.

Should not be a story. Shame on @CBCPEI

https://t.co/jLmPcgkEve

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Imagine the deficits coming from both sides: one to defend this government, the other to replace it.

[The Guardian @PEIGuardian]

P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz says he intends to lead the Progressive Conservatives into the next election despite polling numbers that suggest a majority of voters are unhappy with his government.

#peipoli

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https://t.co/sPx4ZfDgHp

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This is just provincial spending.

Once you add federal spending, we’re into double-digit percentages of GDP.

At that point, it’s not “program spending.” It’s a major reallocation of the economy through government.

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P.E.I.’s economy grew by 2.8% in 2025.

But the deficit was equal to 5.2% of GDP.

That’s not a healthy growth story. That’s a debt-financed growth story.

The province is borrowing heavily to keep the economy moving, and calling the result “growth.”

https://t.co/tQcEYooG0u