Thompson Local News

City Gets Cold Shoulder From Province

The relationship between the Province and the City took yet another step in the wrong direction when Premier Brian Pallister turned down a meeting with City officials while in Thompson last week.

 

Deputy Mayor Colleen Smook spoke to Arctic Radio News and said that they had more than just one or two things that needed to be discussed. She said that the biggest item they wanted to talk about was provincial funding for road work, with some of the other items including Thompson 2020, a restorative justice facility and the canceled northern consultation clinic.

 

Smook added that they found out just a few days before the visit that Pallister wouldn’t have time to meet, something that she says felt like a slap in the face.

 

The Premier was in Thompson the morning of August 8th, along with Ministers Jeff Wharton and Blaine Pedersen, to announce a new $380M communications system for first responders.

 

 

 

 

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