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COMMENTARY: Fixed election date in P.E.I. should mean something

If, as speculated, Rob Lantz calls an early election, there’s a particular kind of insult in it for every Islander who thought the fixed date meant something.

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Consider recent actions: nursing care beds announced for each county with minimal to no details; rushed window-dressing changes at IRAC; government ads featuring the premier; a fuel tax cut that ends mid-winter.

Asked in June whether he was prepared to wait for the fixed election date, Lantz would only say, “I wouldn’t read anything into timing of elections.”

Now, let’s look at the record.

Lantz inherited the premier’s chair when Dennis King abruptly quit in February 2025, then quit 10 months later to chase the permanent PC leadership, handing the province off to Bloyce Thompson like a bottle of beer he didn’t........

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