P.E.I. premier says he’ll urge Carney to ‘quickly’ live up to ferry, bridge toll reduction promise [Video]

A day after the federal election, politicians in P.E.I. wanted to know what the provincial Progressive Conservatives’ priorities would be for the new Liberal government. 

Premier Rob Lantz’s answer to those questions Tuesday in the legislature wasn’t surprising — reducing tolls on the Confederation Bridge and fees to take a ferry across the Northumberland Strait. 

Both the federal Liberals and Conservatives pledged to either reduce or eliminate those tolls in the lead-up to Monday’s election, and Lantz said he’ll hold newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to that promise. 

“It’s obviously a very big commitment that they’ve made to this province and I want to make sure that they live up to it and they live up to it quickly,” the premier said during question period.

“I don’t want this to be something that needs to be studied and mulled over for months and years at a time. I think …