Premier Dennis King describes negotiations with Ottawa over carbon pricing as “frustrating,” as the P.E.I. premier tries to get an extension to an exemption on the tax for home heating oil.
A controversial development along the shoreline in Point Deroche followed all provincial development and buffer zone rules, two cabinet ministers said during question period Friday.
The rising fuel prices that are causing grief for Island drivers and consumers are also being reflected in the expense accounts of P.E.I. cabinet ministers.
Plans for a major upgrade and expansion at the nearly 40-year-old district heating plant in Charlottetown are three years behind schedule and will cost millions of dollars more than expected.