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JOCELYNE LLOYD: Questionable priority list mounted by new P.E.I. cabinet
Premier Rob Lantz is likely right that Prince Edward Islanders don’t want an election right now, but it does feel like the newly reinstalled premier is leading without a mandate.
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Lantz earned back the role he’d filled temporarily Feb. 7 during a PC leadership showdown that was likely closer than he’d anticipated, being the choice of 2,889 voters compared to Mark Ledwell’s 2,542.
After his victory was announced, Lantz told reporters at the convention that the close results do not mean there is division in the party.
“We’ve talked many times throughout the campaign about how we will all come back together to support each other and build a better party and a better government for Prince Edward Islanders,” Lantz said.
But for Islanders who do not possess a Progressive Conservative membership card and therefore had to sit by and wait to find out who a mere three per cent of the P.E.I. population anointed to lead us, it might have been reassuring to see more of a consensus.
During the leadership race, both contenders had been asked about the likelihood of a spring election being called after the new premier was sworn in. Neither wanted to commit one way or the other, but it seemed clear they would rather just get on with the business of leading the province without mounting yet........