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Speaking to reporters about P.E.I.’s capital budget on Tuesday, Finance Minister Jill Burridge defended the government’s reliance on private industry to build housing.
The P.E.I. government is taking a close look at a federal government request that it remove the provincial portion of HST on new rental housing construction.
When it comes to the biggest issues discussed in the house, access to health care and affordable housing remained at the top of the agenda for both opposition parties.
P.E.I.’s Progressive Conservative government is planning to have MLAs sit as late as midnight each night for the rest of the week, in an effort to pass the provincial operating budget by 11:59 p.m. on Friday.