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Government promises scaled down wood centre for Prince George
VICTORIA/CKNW (AM980)
Sean Leslie | Email news tips to Sean
3/22/2013

Another announcement today by the BC government that it will build a wood development innovation centre in Prince George, some four years after it was first promised, and a scaled down version to boot.


The contract for the 25 million dollar project goes to P-C-L Constructors, and the government insists construction will begin this year with completion in 2014.


The project has been scaled back from the initial plan for a ten storey, 70 million dollar structure, but the government says it will still be the tallest "contemporary" wood structure in North America.


Controversy has dogged the project since two Prince George businessmen who failed to make the short list claimed they'd been shafted by the government.


Jobs minister Pat Bell has denied trying to influence the bidding process or making any promises to the two men.

 

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  1. taxed to death posted on 03/22/2013 02:31 PM
    "PCL. $130,000+ in donations to the BC Liberals. A number of their winning bids have gone magnificently over-budget (convention center and stadium roof, just to name two) and PCL is listed as a defendant in the BC Place roof cables lawsuit"

    Nice! and it still 105 million over budget...Falcon approved this project at 25 million max.
    1. BY_7463 posted on 03/22/2013 03:14 PM
      @taxed to death Come on taxed to death. If hairboy said it will be 25 million i'm sure you can count on it. Oh. Sorry, I forgot he is a true LIEBERAL!!!!!!
  2. MARKH_9457 posted on 03/22/2013 04:18 PM
    This is a portion of a telephone interview between Alex Tsukamis and Brian Fehr.

    AGT: Mr. Fehr, is it true that Minister Bell and Minister Bond were very involved in procuring this deal? Your name and Dan McLaren’s name are on documents, which I’m told may end up in court, copies of which I’m holding in my hand…which describe bid rigging and facilitating and pressuring NDIT to finance Mr. McLaren…acts allegedly by senior cabinet ministers, any comment?

    BF: No. Listen, that’s the way it’s described to me, I’ve seen some of it, for sure. And I dealt with both of them on this file, but I don’t want to talk to you, man. Are we on the record? Are you taping me?

    AGT: Yes Sir, you are, and I am.

    BF: Well then interview over.

    AGT: Mr. Fehr, the premier, Christy Clark is claiming she had nothing to do with WDIC, when, in fact I’m told you’ve met with her about a number of matters, including WDIC, and on multiple occasions. Doesn’t it matter to you that you and Dan McLaren are being thrown under the bus considering the great help you’ve been to this government and the BC Liberal Party? She claims, Sir, that she knows nothing about this matter. Did you meet with her, the premier, Christy Clark, yes or no? And I’ll leave you alone…

    (Silence…)

    BF: Okay, I met with her.

    AGT: Is this the meeting in December of 2012 at Vancouver Cabinet Offices in Canada Place? Or the one earlier?

    BF: How the hell do you know all this stuff? Where the hell did you get all this from, can you tell me that?

    AGT: Just a yes or no, Sir, and I promise not to bother you again. I don’t want you to miss your flight.

    BF: Well, it’s my damn plane and it’s not leaving without me, so don’t worry about that. Yeah, I met her there.
    1. ChrisM_18 posted on 03/22/2013 04:36 PM
      @MARKH_9457 this is about the only way AGT is going to get any recognition from CKNW ... and I'll bet you a cold one that your post doesn't last 60 minutes !
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  3. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/22/2013 05:55 PM
    Funny how land flippers say they were screwed over. Meanwhile how many people have they screwed over by flipping real estate in their speculative careers? Another single bad deal out of countless successful con artist worthy deals (or they'd already be bankrupted and gone). Only difference this time is...they've got someone to blame, instead of sticking their tails between their legs and breaking even or making just a modest profit instead of a disgusting profit.
    1. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/22/2013 05:56 PM
      @RichardF_4221 Guarantee when the NDP take over, they'll still be doing the same thing, and will show up on Adrian Dix' front porch bitching if they make a bad move hoping to get another overpriced government contract.
    2. taxed to death posted on 03/22/2013 06:09 PM
      @RichardF_4221 and you have proof of this Im asuming....would sure love to see where you dreamed this up for this particular case...cause if you dont Alex Tsakumis does....prove him wrong...Id pay to see this...

      Theu got screwed over by the princess herself CC and staff
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  4. joes_2868 posted on 03/22/2013 07:44 PM
    taxed to death: When is Alex Tsakumis going to build a temple where you NDP'er's can spend your time on Sundays?
    1. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/22/2013 08:05 PM
      @joes_2868 When the NDP is the government and they start seeing the spin he puts on stories about them.
    2. bhappy posted on 03/22/2013 10:13 PM
      @joes_2868 joes..AGT as I've seen, is no friend of anyone's.

      I have always wondered after reading some of his posts, why CC has not sued him? Could it be that he's right and suing him would really expose even more corruption in the Liberal government?

      To use your line...The People want to Know :)
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  5. joes_2868 posted on 03/23/2013 12:15 PM
    bhappy: Christy does not have to sue him, because the only people that listen to him are the NDP'er's. You never hear of him unless you read comments here from the NDP supporters. How come he has never been on the "Voice of B.C." with Vaughn Palmer?
    How come he is never on any of the talk radio shows?
    The man is strictly NDP propaganda.
    You heard the phrase, "There is sucker born everyday". Taxpayers that vote NDP!
    1. RichardF_4221 posted on 03/23/2013 11:55 PM
      @joes_2868 And when the NDP possibly win the next election, he'll change his focus from proving that Christy Clark caused the downfall of the British Empire, and the Crucifixtion of Jesus...to Adrian Dix single handedly bombing Pearl Harbour, Dresden, and Hiroshima while beating Ghandi and Don Cherry at the same time.

      The guy is as WWE(WWF) would say...an ASSCLOWN.
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