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ANDY WALKER: The premier needs some good news

Premier Rob Lantz must feel like singing that Anne Murray hit Sure Could Use a Little Good News Today when he wakes up most mornings lately.

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Since winning the leadership in February, Lantz has been beset by a series of political miscues that have many both inside and outside the party wondering if the former Charlottetown city councillor will lead the party into the next vote slated for October under the province’s fixed election law.

Former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Steve Myers probably said it best on a podcast with Island Press publisher Paul McNeill. The always outspoken Myers said the premier’s “political antenna” seems in need of adjustment and he advised his former colleague to fix it quickly if he wants a long-term future in politics.

It’s hard to disagree since many of the recent political wounds have been self-inflicted. The appointment of Sidney MacEwen as transportation, infrastructure and energy minister is a case in point. That appointment saw the premier........

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