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Got the identical reply today.

My response:

Mr. Warawa,

Thank you for your response.

With all due respect, you don’t really address my concerns as a taxpayer. This is more in line with “passing the buck”, by responding with a form letter.

Specifically:

• Are you in favor, as our MP, in seeing this project advance under the private financing proposal put forward?
• If so, what are you SPECIFICALLY doing, as our Federal MP, to help Champion this project?

I am asking if you have raised your voice about this. If you have, to what extent? If not, why not?

My frustration as a taxpayer is that it does not seem that any of our Federal politicians are getting behind this project- at least publicly- to push for a fast resolution. If I am not mistaken the VPA- as a Crown Corp- falls under the directive of your Government. That being said, your Government locally has not spoken out about the absurdity of the red tape this private venture has been forced to cut through. And, that is what this has come down to: absurdity.

You have only scratched the surface of the public benefits of having this facility. They are far reaching, and dare I say, in line w/ one of your Government’s agendas: increasing the overall health and physical fitness of our youth.

As a taxpayer, I expect my representative to be my voice. I am EXTREMELY disappointed that we do not hear loud and frequent objections and condemnations from our Federal MPs about the endless delays this project has faced, most recently at the hands of a publicly owned Crown Corporation.

I don’t have many other options other than writing to you to beg and plead that you stand up and be counted on this issue. I suppose my only other options are to ask our local newspapers to publish both my original letter, and your weak response to it, and to next time vote for a candidate that will actually take an issue like this and Champion the cause.

This cause does need a political champion, Mr. Warawa. It just makes too much sense.

Regards,