P.E.I. premier pleased with federal election results
CBC
P.E.I. Premier Dennis King says he is pleased with the election outcome of a minority Liberal government in Ottawa and four Liberal MPs once again for P.E.I.
"The issues that we've been working on, the issues that remain important to Islanders remain the same," King told CBC News Tuesday.
"I suppose there's a little bit of comfort in knowing that we don't have to reintroduce these issues to new cabinet members sitting around the table."
"Overall, it's business as usual," he said.
Those issues are economic opportunities through green technology, a pharmacare program and new health-care investments for P.E.I.
Before the election, King said P.E.I. signed a letter of intent to negotiate a new pharmacare program with the federal government.
P.E.I.'s provincial drug formulary covers less than most Canadian jurisdictions, putting Islanders at an unfair disadvantage health-wise and economically, King said.
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