Prince Edward Island (Legislative Reports) (Report‪)‬

The Second Session of the Sixty-third General Assembly opened on April 4, 2008, with the Speech from the Throne delivered by Barbara A. Hagerman, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. The speech, with its theme of "One Island Community--One Island Future," outlined a number of initiatives to be undertaken over the next months and years: the relocation of two government departments outside of the capital city by 2010, the provision of high speed internet services to all areas of the province, the establishment of the George Coles Bursary, valued at up to $2000, available to every first-year Island student entering a provincially-funded post-secondary educational institution, the unveiling of a "Buy PEI" campaign, the appointment of a Commissioner on Land and Local Governance, and the declaration of a new public holiday on the second Monday in February of each year as "Islander Day," among other measures.