sara riv

my husband went to Manitoba through the mpnp...but unfortunately had to come back to the uk for serious personal problems...now we have sorted those problems and now have a chance to live and work in PEI.my husband is a class 1 lorry driver ....any advice on what to expect in PEI...wages,housing,etc...many thanks

caretaker

I had a friend from PEI and he said if you did something wrong on one side of the island, the people on the other side would know about it in a matter of hours. I'm not sure to what degree, (if any) he was exaggerating.
Welcome to the forum.

DandNHill

Small town Nova Scotia is like that. When we lived there at first it was off putting but after a while is was fine. As long as they're saying nice things of course...

MillieF

Where would he be driving the lorry?

PEI is lovely in summer and lots of people have summer residences there, utterly beautiful. PEI in winter is bloody desolate, it's very flat so the snow just blows around. Charlottetown has trucks that pick up the snow and take it out of town to dump it elsewhere.

It's quite expensive to get off PEI as you either have to pay the ferry or pay to go over Confederation Bridge.

scrubbedexpat133

Im a Class 1 Driver based next door in NB.

Will you be coming with PR or looking to go through PNP?

Does he still hold his MB Class 1 and Airbrake endorsement?

What sort of Class 1 work is he looking for? E.g. reefer, flatbed etc

Brief answers to your questions:

What to expect in PEI, beautiful in the summer, rammed with tourists. Barren snow driven wasteland in the Winter.
Wages - appalling. Conditions and benefits etc possibly worse.
Housing - cheap to buy expensive to run.