• P.E.I. got cash to crack down on short-term rentals — but did it help boost the housing supply?

  Source: Prince Edward Island - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-24 09:00:00.0
  Tags: [Prince Edward Island, Housing, Affordability, Tourism, Governance]

  Tourism P.E.I. utilized federal funding from the Short-Term Rental Enforcement Fund to establish an inspection unit targeting unlicenced short-term rentals across Prince Edward Island. During its first year of operations, the enforcement unit identified 242 illegal short-term rental operations, which represented 10 per cent of the province's licensed tourism accommodations. Of those identified operations, the provincial government reported that 164 have subsequently ceased operating or transitioned into long-term housing options. However, housing advocates and municipal officials note that determining whether these regulatory enforcement efforts have measurably boosted the available year-round housing supply remains inconclusive.

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• Government of P.E.I. video breaks province's advertising laws, Liberals argue

  Source: Prince Edward Island - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-15 23:00:00.0
  Tags: [Prince Edward Island, Governance, Affordability]

  The P.E.I. Liberal Party and the provincial Auditor General, Darren Noonan, argue that a government video advertisement for the Island Essentials Benefit featuring Premier Rob Lantz and Finance Minister Jill Burridge violates the province's Government Advertising Standards Act. The statute explicitly prohibits government advertising from including the name, voice, or image of a member of the Executive Council or Legislative Assembly. In response to the non-compliant ad, Opposition Leader Hal Perry announced plans to introduce legislative amendments during the fall sitting requiring a governing party found in breach to refund the entire cost of the advertisement.

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• P.E.I. has some of Canada's highest fuel prices. Politicians are looking at making them cheaper

  Source: Prince Edward Island - Regional News
  Date: 2026-09-10 23:53:54.0
  Tags: [Prince Edward Island, Affordability, Taxation, Energy, Governance]

  A legislative committee on Prince Edward Island is reviewing the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission pricing framework and preparing recommendations for the fall sitting of the legislature to lower fuel prices. The committee is specifically researching three options: cutting the provincial fuel tax of 8.47 cents per litre for gasoline and 14.15 cents per litre for diesel (which would yield approximately $28 million in consumer savings), eliminating minimum fuel pricing to foster competition, and exploring the establishment of an island-based ethanol-blending facility.

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