Whose pockets got lined?

In 2014, the project`s expenses of $877,000 were more than its revenue of $865,000. Those expenses included $630,000 in unexplained costs and $143,000 in consulting fees.

Mother Canada project's tax return lists $21K in bank for 2015

Tax records show donations fell by more than 40 per cent from 2014 to 2015

Donations for the Mother Canada statue planned for Cape Breton fell sharply in 2015, even before Parks Canada pulled its support for the project.

Tax records for the Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation show donations fell by more than 40 per cent from 2014 to 2015. 

The organization, which started the project to commemorate Canada's war dead, received $498,000 in donations in 2015. That was down from $865,000 in 2014.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mother-canada-donations-dropped-1.3684295