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Five challenges that await the next premier of Prince Edward Island
Original Publication Date: February 20, 2015 5:00PM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 8:38PM
CHARLOTTETOWN – Here are five challenges facing Wade MacLauchlan as he becomes premier of Prince Edward Island:
1. The economy. In a fiscal update in November, the P.E.I. government projected a deficit of $44.7 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year, but was aiming for a surplus in the coming year.
2. An aging population and the need to boost immigration.
3. A need to diversify the economy while boosting exports of key resources, such as the fishery and agriculture.
4. Balancing land use for agriculture with environmental protection. There have been a number of fish kills in recent years as a result of runoff from farm land.
5. The protection of rural communities amid the need to rationalize the delivery of public services, such as education and health care.
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