After Hurricane Fiona showed how the island is vulnerable to climate change, it has not been a major issue on the campaign trail ahead of the province’s April 3 election
A week into the Prince Edward Island election campaign, there has been plenty of talk about health care and housing. But after post-tropical storm Fiona pounded the Island last fall and heightened fears about rising seas, some observers are questioning why climate change is not front and centre on the campaign trail.
Fiona’s wrath is visible in Stanley Bridge, as displaced buildings still sit where the storm left them. But while the storm’s fury was an eye-opener, Carr said she’s not sure how seriously people are thinking about the climate change issue as the province heads to an April 3 vote. He is hoping he can work this coming season, he said. After Fiona left his livelihood in peril, he is convinced the issues of climate change and erosion are as important as health care in the election. But unless a climate events threaten a person’s home or make it hard for them to put food on the table, the climate issue seems abstract.
Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King, whose term as premier was bookended by post-tropical storm Dorian in 2019 and Fiona last September, said his government has “reacted and dealt with climate change” aggressively. “I’ve always been a firm believer that good policy is based on three main pillars — social, economic, and environmental — and at any given point in time, one of those pillars can emerge as important,” she said. Climate change will be a major part of the Liberal platform, Cameron added, but right now it is health care that is “critically important” for the province.
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