Canadian Heritage’s anti-racism fund has committed $217,200 to the PEI Coalition for Women’s Leadership for a project called the Atlantic Alliance for Inclusive Politics, under an agreement listed as running from April 6, 2026 to March 30, 2028, according to the federal grants disclosure. The coalition’s interim executive director is Hannah Bell, who sat in the Prince Edward Island legislature as a Green Party member from 2017 to 2023 and ran for the provincial Green leadership in 2025, finishing with 147 votes.
The grant record describes the project only as “Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program – CAHAP – Projects”. A July 22, 2026 call for applicants on the coalition’s website says “The Atlantic Alliance for Inclusive Politics is a project to address rising hate, harassment, and the exclusion of marginalized people from political spaces in Atlantic Canada.” The only component advertised so far is a youth advisory council: “A minimum of three members per province”, “One year, with four group online meetings overall”, a “$250 honorarium” each, and “Themes discussed will include experiences and impacts of polarization, hate, and racism.” The page says “This project funded by the Government of Canada.” No Canadian Heritage news release announcing the grant could be found.
Rebel News listed the grant on October 16 among 78 anti-hate projects worth $11 million. The programme’s stated objectives are to “advance anti-racism, foster ethnocultural diversity and inclusion and promote intercultural and interfaith understanding” and to “provide equitable opportunities for equity-deserving populations”; its page does not mention political participation. Nothing on the record ties the project to any party.
The coalition, known until September 2024 as the PEI Coalition for Women in Government, has received federal money before: $246,557 from Status of Women Canada in 2015 for a project on women on provincial agencies and boards, and $360,000 announced by Women and Gender Equality Canada in February 2021 for capacity building and governance.
Marc Miller was Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, the minister for Canadian Heritage, when the agreement started, appointed by Prime Minister Mark Carney on December 1, 2025. The department’s organizational chart lists Annalisa Bonardi as Acting Director General, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism.
A group led by a former Green MLA gets $217,200 of anti-racism money for a project on politics whose only advertised piece is a youth council with four online meetings.
