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Originally Posted by Keith P.
The elephant in the room is that we need a replacement for the VG hospital far more than either of those things.
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The VG “replacement” was announced two years ago. Government made the decision to invest in multiple projects rather than erect one shiny new building and all of those projects are proceeding pretty much as planned (including new outpatient buildings at the Infirmary site and Bayers Lake, and major expansions at the Infirmary, DGH and Hants hospitals).
Ottawa earmarked this new pot of infrastructure money for five specific purposes. Health care was not among them, though I understand the province tried to make the case to fit it under categories like social infrastructure or green infrastructure. There is also nothing there for football stadiums, hockey arenas or any other sports facilities.