PEI Premier Rob Lantz announced that he is stepping down from his position leading the province in order to enter the race for permanent leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Lantz’s Dec. 11 announcement came the day after the the provincial PC Party said that its upcoming leadership convention will be held on Feb. 7 of next year. PC’s constitution requires an interim leader to resign within 10 days of a leadership convention being called to be eligible to run as a candidate for permanent party leader.
