P.E.I.'s premier resigned and a new one stepped in. What happens next?
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In the space of less than 24 hours, Dennis King stepped down as Prince Edward Island's premier and Rob Lantz was sworn in as his successor.
So, what happens now?
There's obviously a lot of unknowns and a lot of shifting dates. Let's take a look at what this all means for the weeks and months ahead.
After King's shock resignation Thursday, Lantz is now the interim Progressive Conservative leader and the 34th premier of P.E.I.
We heard Friday that the spring legislature sitting has been prorogued. A new session will begin on March 25, complete with a speech from the throne by Lt.-Gov. Wassim Salamoun. It will be Salamoun's first time delivering such a speech since he took over the office from Antoinette Perrry in October.
That means MLAs will be in the house next month instead of next week.
A cabinet shuffle will likely also be in the works to cope with the recent changes. Lantz will eventually appoint a new education minister, but for now he continues to hold that portfolio himself.
It's not clear yet, though, how much of a shakeup there will be. The new premier could opt to pick an education minister from the PC backbench and leave all the other members of his executive council where they are, causing minimal movement in the current cabinet.
There's no word yet on when the PC's will hold a leadership race, although the new premier indicated Friday that there is no rush on that. The next fixed election date is Oct. 4, 2027, although the Progressive Conservatives could decide on an earlier date, as King's government did in early 2023.
King's resignation also means there are now two provincial byelections on the horizon.
One will be for former PC MLA Natalie Jameson's seat in District 9, Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park. Jameson stepped down late last year in order to seek the nomination to represent Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives in the federal riding of Charlottetown.
The other byelection will be for King's seat in District 15, Brackley-Hunter River.
Both votes have to be held within six months of the MLA's resignation. It's up to Lantz when to call those.
There are some big issues on the horizon that the new premier will have to keep his eye on, most of them from south of the border.
Newfoundland and Labrador has officially implemented breast cancer screening for women in their 40s, following through on a promise made in May of last year.
A provincial court judge in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., has found a Cape Breton couple guilty of sex crimes involving a young girl.
A Saint John man accused of killing two boys in the city's north end last month has been found unfit to stand trial, following a five-day psychiatric assessment.
Santé Québec, the province's health authority, is warning people to avoid emergency rooms whenever possible as occupancy rates are still strained, especially in the Montreal area.
The federal government is investing more than $1.85 million to boost tourism in Manitoba.
The federal government is compensating more than a dozen Saskatchewan First Nations for agricultural benefits promised in treaties signed long ago, but never provided.
An Alberta judge has granted an injunction to a ministerial order that allowed the Edmonton public school division to keep some students with disabilities from going to school.
A minor earthquake struck B.C.'s Sunshine Coast on Friday, shaking homes and prompting a number of emergency alerts across the Lower Mainland but stopping short of any major damage.
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