Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King is calling on the federal government to support reducing the toll on the Confederation Bridge by 60 per cent, so that it sits at $20 by September. King spoke with federal officials about decreasing the amount it costs to cross the bridge to New Brunswick in November, and then sent a letter on Dec. […]
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Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre of the Arts is hoping to create a new piece of theatre involving the character of Anne Shirley. It won’t be an adaptation of one of L.M. Montgomery’s novels, though. It will be based on a biography of the woman who translated Anne of Green Gables into Japanese about eight decades ago. “In […]
IntroductionPublic Clouds Confederation projectOpen proceedings before Federal Administrative CourtComment Introduction The “Public Clouds Confederation” project aims to centralise the supply of cloud computing services for administration purposes through a privileged and simplified relationship with leading cloud service providers. The administrative offices would thus benefit from quick access to various services and technologies from public clouds […]
Most people recognize that the Constitution evolved out of the Articles of Confederation. But the Articles were also part of a long evolution in political thought and constitutionalism that started long before the colonies’ quest for independence. An important touchstone in that evolution was a draft for a confederation proposed by Benjamin Franklin nearly a […]
The foundational ideas underlying the Constitution took root long before the founders drafted the document. In fact, they began to take root in the earliest days of American colonialization. The Constitution was the culmination of a radical shift in political thought. Instead of government making rules for itself, the people established rules for government and […]
The P.E.I. legislature has voted unanimously to urge the federal government to change the name of the Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing. P.E.I. Premier Dennis King put forward the motion on Friday, with support from the leaders of the Official Opposition Green Party and the Liberal Party. Epekwitk, pronounced ehb-uh-gwihd, is the original name given by the […]
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