03/18/2026
We at IHTC extend our sincere condolences to former Health Minister Mark McLane’s family, the Premier, his political colleagues and Island friends. As the Premier has written, “Mark approached every challenge with humility and optimism, reminding those around him that collaboration and kindness could overcome even the toughest moments or the most challenging tasks.” He will be missed.
Mark’s loss adds to an already tumultuous start to March in the PEI healthcare system, with the loss of three family physicians and change in top leadership.
As a non-profit with a mission to serve the health and well-being needs of PEI, we empathize with our family medicine colleagues and their affected patients. And also with our publicly funded healthcare leaders wanting a healthy and productive frontline team. Unfortunately, all this latest news has highlighted the huge gaps in team solidarity.
As an organization with resources to help leaders and the public, we desire to humbly serve where there are needs. We will be announcing a permanent location in Charlottetown soon (April 1). Meanwhile, Dr. Visser has written about potential solutions to our healthcare crisis here:
https://drhendrikvisser.com/2026/03/16/march-weather-at-hpei/
We would advocate that all stakeholders convene ‘circles’ (without a podium) to listen with humility and mutual forgiveness. Which stakeholders? Politicians, health executives, frontline healthcare workers, educators, fitness instructors, employers, faith communities and non-profits, parents, and patients. Where it “takes a village to raise a child,” it takes our entire health and well-being system (public, private, influencers) to work together to solve our crisis with evidence based and proven strategies.
Feel free to reach out through our website https://ihtc.info/
We offer counselling, mediation, as well as group life skills and leadership workshops.
IHTC Board & Team
March 18, 2026
