P-E-I’s Education Minister Doug Currie says he is reviewing the role of his deputy minister amid concerns about conflict of interest.
Susan Willis has been serving as deputy minister of education since July 2015, but she later also became chair of the board of directors of the Public Schools Branch after the new Education Act was implemented in 2016.
The act stipulates the deputy minister of education must be appointed chair of the board of the P-S-B.
But concerns have been raised about Willis carrying both titles, as the board was created to be an arms length agency.