Platform Cost Summary
The Green Party of PEI is committed to both fiscal and environmental sustainability. Government must show fiscal restraint and not burden future generations with unmanageable debt. For that reason we have developed a platform that will stay within our current fiscal envelope.
Our platform proposes $30 million dollars in new spending, which will result in a balanced budget for fiscal 2019-2020 and going forward. This estimate is based on current surpluses and a reallocation of funds currently held in the provincial loans portfolio to fund such commitments as extending the low-interest fishers loan program, providing microloans for small business, and loan programs to encourage green technology in residential, agriculture, and small business operations.
You can download an Excel spreadsheet of the table below.
| Agriculture |
$307,250 |
| Creation of a provincial landbank for new farmers |
$150,000 |
| Customizing width of agricultural buffer zones | $50,000 |
| Support for organic transition and certification | $107,250 |
| Education | $4,895,000 |
| Classroom supports for teachers | $500,000 |
| ECE wage parity | $3,500,000 |
| Improve DACs | $70,000 |
| Support the development of open educational resources | $25,000 |
| Expand afterschool programs | $500,000 |
| Universal School Food Program | $300,000 |
| Environmental Sustainability & Economic Development | $423,750 |
| EV charger and purchase Incentives | $203,750 |
| Small-scale solar financing | $100,000 |
| Supporting creative and cultural industries on PEI | $120,000 |
| Fisheries | $2,661,000 |
| Expand Fishers Low Interest Loan Program | $2,500,000 |
| Fisheries Deputy Minister | $161,000 |
| Health Care | $4,910,000 |
| Birth control coverage | $250,000 |
| Eye See, I Learn expansion | $50,000 |
| Extending dental coverage | $2,500,000 |
| Freezing cost increases to long-term care beds | $90,000 |
| Introducing regulated midwifery | $120,000 |
| Improving home-care | $1,900,000 |
| Good Governance and Community Development | $9,325,000 |
| Supporting housing supply | $5,500,000 |
| Strengthening Elections PEI | $75,000 |
| Community Food Hub Program | $500,000 |
| Community sector core funding | $3,000,000 |
| Rural Secretariat/Advisory Councils | $250,000 |
| Social Services | $10,175,000 |
| Expanding social assistance rates | $10,000,000 |
| Transit policy | $100,000 |
| Basic Income Guarantee policy development | $75,000 |
| Total New Operational and Capital Spending | $32,697,000 |
| Reallocation from IIDI | $2,500,000 |
| Cost Recovery from School Food Program | $210,000 |
| TOTAL NET SPENDING | $29,987,000 |
