Dear Friend,

As our Green MLAs prepare for the Spring Sitting (which begins on February 23rd this year with the new legislative calendar), they would like to step "outside the rails" of the Legislature to directly engage with you about the work they are doing - and get your input and feedback on the bills they drafting right now.

We're pleased to bring you an "Outside the Rails" series this winter, with five sessions hosted by five different MLAs on the concrete ways they're working to make PEI better within their Critic portfolios this spring. These hour-long, interactive sessions will not only help you understand the individual proposals, but the process by which legislation is made. The MLAs, for their part, are hoping to benefit from participant feedback in order to make their bills even stronger and more impactful.

Please check out the topics below and register individually for any you would like to participate in. All sessions will take place online via Zoom.

Thursday, January 28th at 7pm: Karla Bernard?

MLA and Education Critic Karla Bernard presents her upcoming draft bills to lower the voting age to 16 and to require education authorities to maintain modern misconduct policies, and seeks participants' feedback.

Wednesday, February 3rd at 7pm: Hannah Bell

Green MLA and Social Development Critic Hannah Bell talks about the legislation she is working on to create a Poverty Elimination Strategy for PEI, and seeks participants' feedback.

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Thursday, February 4th at 7pm: Lynne Lund

Green MLA and Environment Critic Lynne Lund presents legislation she is working on to create an Environmental Bill of Rights for PEI. Learn more about what an Environmental Bill of Rights is, and provide your feedback.

Wednesday, February 10th at 7pm: Steve Howard

Green MLA and Energy Critic Steve Howard presents two pieces of draft legislation he is working on to modernize electricity on PEI and pave the way for a renewable future, and invites your feedback.

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Thursday, February 11th at 7pm: Trish Altass

Green MLA and Health Critic Trish Altass presents two bills she's working on to create an accountability framework between between the Minister of Health and the Health PEI board, and to clarify the available grounds for the disclosure of information to assist family members and community groups who are closely connected to persons receiving care.

Wednesday, February 17th at 7pm: Ole Hammarlund

Green MLA and Net Zero Critic Ole Hammarlund - a green architect by profession - will present the promise and potential of net-zero buildings (buildings that produce the same amount of energy as they use). He will explain why he tabled a motion last year calling on government to require all new provincially-constructed buildings to be net-zero.

Thank you, and we hope to see you at an upcoming session!

Green Party of PEI
http://www.greenparty.pe.ca/