Typical misinformation

MP David Wilks admits $32.6 million ‘mistake’ after Revelstoke Mountaineer investigation uncovers Parks Canada funding announcement discrepancy

MP David Wilks admits $32.6 million ‘mistake’ after Revelstoke Mountaineer investigation uncover election season Parks Canada funding announcement discrepancy.

 

-MP David Wilks admits $32.6 million ‘mistake’ after Revelstoke Mountaineer investigation uncover Parks Canada funding announcement discrepancy

-Wilks (Con.) admits he overstated federal infrastructure funding by $32.6 million

-Several projects announced on July 16 were already complete, and were funded through the 2014 budget. The total amount of the 2014 projects was $54.8 million

-Tips from Revelstoke Mountaineer readers about infrastructure work already completed before the announcement led to our investigation

Kootenay–Columbia MP David Wilks has admitted to a $32.6 million “mistake” after a Revelstoke Mountaineer investigation uncovered multi-million dollar discrepancies in funding announcements he made in Revelstoke on July 16.

That day, MP Wilks joined Oshawa MP Colin Carrie for a press event at the Monashee Lookout in Mount Revelstoke National Park. With local media on hand, and about a dozen other Parks Canada staff and attendees looking on, Wilks unveiled $156.6 million in funding for Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks capital projects, like bridge work, Trans-Canada Highway paving, new avalanche mitigation work, trails work and building upgrades.

The Revelstoke Mountaineer and other local media reported on the announcement.

It was soon after that residents started questioning details of the announcement. They looked at detailed breakdowns of the projects up for funding, and noted that several of them had already been started in the summer of 2014, some were significantly complete, and at least one — the $3.4 million Woolsey Creek Bridge upgrade in Mount Revelstoke park — had already been completed.

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Comment:

Misinformation and misdirection is a strategic move by the Conservatives with an applogy coming days or weeks later. They know full well that the majority hear the initial announcement but few pay attention to an apology.