Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard
PEI's centre-right governing party. Founded 1867 as the provincial wing of the federal Conservatives. Most recent governments: Pat Binns 1996-2007, then Liberals (2007-2019), then PC under Dennis King (2019-2025) and now Rob Lantz (since February 21, 2025). The 2023 PEI election saw Dennis King's PCs win an enlarged majority of 22 seats out of 27, the largest in PEI provincial history. King resigned in February 2025 citing personal reasons, and Lantz became Premier without an internal leadership race. PEI's small Legislative Assembly (27 seats) means even small swings can change government. The Lantz government tabled Bill 32 (Renters' Protection Act, capping annual rent increases) and Bill 50 (Climate Leadership Adaptation Act) at the 2025 spring sitting.
Leader
Rob Lantz
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Positions on Issues
Climate & Environment
The PEI PCs under Premier Dennis King support the provincial Net Zero by 2040 target (10 years ahead of the federal target), continued wind-energy expansion (PEI generates roughly 99 percent of its electricity from on-island wind), participation in the Atlantic Loop interconnection if federal funding materializes, expanded marine-coastal-erosion adaptation funding, and the multi-year Carbon Action Plan that meets federal carbon-tax backstop requirements without consumer rebates.
Source ↗Housing
The Prince Edward Island PC government under Premier Dennis King has set a target of 5,000 new housing units between 2024 and 2029 in the PEI Housing Action Plan, suspended permit fees for non-profit affordable-housing developers, committed $130 million through the PEI Housing Action Trust over four years, expanded the residential rent-cap framework to a maximum increase of 3 percent indexed to Maritime CPI (compared to no cap in many other provinces), and introduced Bill 32 (Renters' Protection Act) to strengthen tenant protections in response to the province's 7-percent population growth between 2021 and 2024.
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