The "Price" of How the Area Voted

Bob Spiers' blog was careful enough to NOT chastise North Okanagan residents for voting to remain Conservative (Mel Arnold) in the last Federal election.


"The governments of Canada and British Columbia are each providing up to $43,522,512 towards 26 new projects that will benefit 26 small communities throughout the province.

The Small Communities Fund provides support for priority public infrastructure projects that deliver on local needs in communities across Canada that have fewer than 100,000 residents," announces his blog.


But here's the payback, if you've been wondering where all that T2 deficit spending is going/has gone:

Click on graphic to enlarge.
Then scour the list for our area:

Scour, scour, scour...2/3 of the word "scourge"...apropos indeed!

Have a good look at it.
Look again.

Anybody see Vernon or the North Okanagan (specifically Greater Vernon Water) listed?

Nope.

So much for this October dreaming by Greater Vernon Water and the Regional District of North Okanagan:

     "RECOMMENDATION: October 20, 2016
That it be recommended to the Board of Directors, the funding application for $7,000,000 to the Infrastructure Canada Clean Water and Waste Water Fund, for Greater Vernon Water to complete  the construction of an Ultraviolet Treatment and Air Scrubbing system at the Duteau Creek Water Treatment Plant, be endorsed; and further, That the funding of the Greater Vernon Water share ($1,190,000) be funded from Greater Vernon Water (GVW) reserves."

"Maybe there are more funding opportunities," Kia would've offered Kia wistfully.


We can hope for new funding.

Maybe once our population drops to 5,000 we'll be eligible for more assistance.
We won't be able to afford the streetlights then either.