March 08, 2004
Bluenose money missing
Nova Scotians are going to love this one:
The government is trying to find out what happened to a federal sponsorship grant that was supposed to aid the famed Bluenose II schooner, but apparently never arrived.
"We're tracing funds that may have gone adrift, and we will be getting them back," Public Works Minister Stephen Owen told the Commons on Monday.
At issue is a $2.3-million cheque that was directed to the Bluenose through Lafleur Communications, a Montreal ad agency that played a key role in the now-disgraced sponsorship program.
The trust that oversees the schooner — a major tourist attraction in Nova Scotia — says it received only $359,000.
Posted by damian at March 8, 2004 10:44 PM