Former Malpeque MP Wayne Easter thinks Prince Edward Islanders will have a clear message to share when members of Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal cabinet visit the province for their three-day summer retreat starting Monday.
“I would hope they put on the top of everybody’s agenda at this cabinet meeting, in capital letters: ‘IT’S THE ECONOMY,'” Easter said.
“You talk to people every day — they see the costs going up, furnace oil and gas going up, food going up.”
On Tuesday, Statistics Canada revealed the national inflation rate ticked up in July to 3.3 per cent, although P.E.I.’s rate of 2.1 per cent was the lowest
