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Kerry Campbell
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Provincial affairs reporter for CBC in beautiful PEI. Post: @kerrywcampbell @kerrycampbell@mstdn.ca 902-629-6443 / kerry.campbell@cbc.ca. Opinions my own etc
Mar 12, 2021 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
#PEI 2021-22 budget comes with a $112M deficit — but has a built-in, $50M COVID contingency fund.

Deficit for current fiscal year — initially pegged at $172M — now expected to be $120M, in part because province didn’t spend all 2020-21 COVID contingency funding. #peipoli cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…
Mar 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Today we start to see some form take shape around the shadows of ideas put forward 2 weeks ago in the #PEI throne speech. Honestly I thought from the start there were a lot of interesting mentions there, which may or may not turn into the policies / programs they suggest. In health care, more details around the province's move to collaborative health care, perhaps where these 3 'medical neighbourhoods' will be located (where the patients on the registry are). Details around the seniors health strategy & new programs to facilitate aging in place...
Mar 11, 2021 • 23 tweets • 6 min read
Some reflections on the past year under COVID from the premier to get us started @peileg today.

We've got the operating budget coming tomorrow, then the house breaks for our first "legislative planning week." #peipoli Bevan-Baker starts off QP asking the premier what he'll do to "reign in" minister who provide false statements in the house. I think both his examples are Myers. Including the time he told the house the process for special warrants is to spend the money, then apply (it's not).
Mar 10, 2021 • 34 tweets • 11 min read
1/x The point of a carbon tax is to make it costlier to burn fossil fuels, thus by comparison making actions that harm the environment less (biking, taking the bus, working from home etc) more cost-competitive... 2/x When former premier Wade MacLauchlan came back from the Paris climate summit in the first year of his mandate, he was gung-ho about the "war effort" required to combat climate change, talk of tightening belts etc.
Mar 9, 2021 • 38 tweets • 13 min read
Set for a new week here @peileg. This is day 7 of the sitting, and after this week the house will break for March break. A break week is a (dare I say exciting?) new development here at the #PEI legislature. Of course in prior years the house wouldn't be sitting this time of year Anyway, the new legislative calendar includes a break week every 4th sitting week. assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.asse…
Dec 14, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A story I wrote Friday on #CERB eligibility / repayment has sparked considerable debate about the program & CRA efforts to reclaim some benefits.
I just wanted to share some links / info to expand on what's in the story in terms of govt messaging around eligibility.../ #cdnpoli This hinges on whether those with self-employment income were directed to calculate net income (instead of gross) to determine eligibility. CRA told us "To be clear, there has been no change to this position during the lifecycle of the CERB." .../