I am writing regarding the editorial piece entitled “Summerside welcome to the West Prince Club” that I read online published in the September 19, 2012 edition of The West Prince Graphic.  You make a number of very good points in your article and I can appreciate the struggles the residents of West Prince have waged in trying to protect health care services in their area.  As you have indicated Prince County Hospital is now facing the same challenge.  ...

I am greatly saddened at the current state of affairs within our province,  and the decisions that continue to be made at the extreme and tragic cost to local rural Islanders.  Last spring, hundreds of casual employees were told last minute they had no employment, seniors were told they would be paying increased cost for ambulance services, families told they would have no support in dealing with their children’s challenges, struggling youth were told they no longer had youth workers, students unable to learn within classroom settings were told they would be sent back to the classroom, and schools would ...

The province of PEI has launched a lawsuit against the tobacco companies.  The province has to publicly declare about Family Court Counselling facilitating custody of children to parents who smoke cigarettes.  PEI Supreme Court Justice Cheverie has to publicly declare why he allowed Family Court Counselling to facilitate custody of children to parents who smoke cigarettes while he was Attorney General.  Former PEI Supreme Court Chief Justice Kenneth MacDonald has to declare which judges on the PEI Supreme Court would allow a person to claim cigarettes as an expense  There is a dirty side to the tobacco lawsuit nobody wants ...

After listening to Wes Sheridan blathering on about how good the HST will be for Islanders and telling everyone that only those with an income of over $50,000 will be affected by it, I decided to find out just how many tax payers that would be.  Keeping in mind he has promised tax rebates for all those under the magic $50,000 mark. ...

I entirely agree with the letter from Mr Fleck in your July 31 edition. These tax rates in PEI are way out of line compared to other provinces. It may be of interest to Mr Fleck and the public to know that the cause was a policy change initiated by the Premier Binns,Provincial Treasurer Mella Government,at great bureaucratic expense,in the late 1990’s. At that time, my provincial tax equalled about 59 per cent of the federal tax; by 2011 that had increased to 88 percent of federal tax. ...

  In PEI, renewable energy projects are still controversial.  However, by imposing these projects on PEI communities (like in Hermanville), our government is only making the acceptance of wind and solar power more difficult.  And that is disappointing because PEI has great potential for both solar power and wind power.  Also, it is in PEI’s best interest to reduce its carbon emissions since we are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.  But, you can’t fight human nature: nobody likes to have anything forced upon him or her.  So, if PEI is to exploit its “green energy” potential, Island communities need ...

Dear Editor: While there is absolutely no doubt that the tourism industry is not fairly treated under the current PST system, this is easily addressed without selling off our future rights to Ottawa. It makes sense that hotels not pay PST when they make purchases that will be used to generate taxable revenues. Purchases of sheets, towels and amenities should not be taxed because they are being ‘sold’ to the hotel guests and these guests are paying the PST. TIAPEI and the Finance Department could sit down and figure out how to best restructure the current system for this vital industry. ...

 The poll numbers are out again today and they spell out a clear message for Hon Bob Rae, leader of the federal Liberals of Canada: you’re dragging the party down the tube, so step down in grace, as an honorable man. The Liberal Party of Canada needs a new blood line to lead the party out of the deep hole they’re in if they ever want to gain power in this country once again, in the future. ...

What the ‘heck’ is going on? Where are the Islanders? Islanders MUST get Angry! Islanders MUST Take a Stand! Where is our democracy gone? What is happening to our Island?   We are being governed by a bunch of ‘Schoolyard Bullies’ – this Liberal government. One of the best ways to handle a “bully” is to take a stand and stand your ground. We MUST stand our ground. Islanders stand up! Do NOT let this government get away with their deceitful and sneaky tactics. We, the people of PEI are their employers! No employee would remain on the job with behavior ...