Prince Edward Island.

• Author: Reddin, Ryan
• Position: Legislative Reports

Third Session, Sixty-fifth General Assembly

The Second Session of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly shall prorogue on November 13, 2017, and the Third Session shall commence with a Speech from the Throne on November 14, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Legislative Chamber of the Honourable George Coles Building.

New Lieutenant Governor

On September 14, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Antoinette Perry as the next Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Ms. Perry has had a distinguished career as a teacher in Tignish, PEI, and is an active member of various community and cultural organizations. She will be the first female Acadian to serve as Lieutenant Governor of the province. Her installation ceremony will take place on October 20, 2017, in Tignish, which shall mark the first time the ceremony will be held outside of Charlottetown. Ms. Perry will be the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of PEI, following Frank Lewis, who has served as Lieutenant Governor since 2011.

Live-streaming of Committee Meetings

As of September 1, 2017, meetings of the standing and special committees of the Legislative Assembly have been live-streamed on the Assembly's website and Facebook Live page. This change was made at the direction of the Standing Committee on Legislative Management. The change necessitated some operational adjustments, primary among which is the use of the Legislative Chamber for committee meetings due to the lack of live-streaming capability in the room previously used by committees. Audio recordings and transcripts of committee meetings continue to be available. A video archive of meetings from September 1 onward is available at the Legislative Assembly website.

Committees of the Legislative Assembly

The various standing committees of the Legislative Assembly met multiple times...