Darnell Fires Back At Warawa

First off, thanks to Sam for filling in so capably last week as the family and I enjoyed basking in Mickey's southern California kingdom. I think we should all beg/cajole/ask/force/pay (it's worth a shot) Sam to contribute more regularly.

I see in my mountain of e-mail this morning that Liberal candidate Rebecca Darnell has fired back at Mark Warawa after Warawa fired back at her. Did I miss an election call while I was away? Anyway, here is the letter from Rebecca:

Mark Warawa has missed his Mark. In reality it matters not whether the statements made by him were perceived as promises by him or the parties to whom those statements were made. The real point is that Langley now has a first class sports facility and centre to which the Government of Canada, under the leadership of Reform Conservative Stephen Harper, made absolutely no contribution. Shame on Warawa and the Conservatives.

Insofar as the Nicomekl is concerned I am heartened to see a public information meeting moving forward. Rest assured that I will watch every step of this project to make sure that it is not a repeat of the ultimate failure to fund the Langley Events Centre. To call this an economic stimulus project is a misnomer. The Langley Events Centre, in contrast, contributed significant jobs while under construction and many more jobs were created in Langley to operate the facility. The Langley Events Centre achieved both the short and long term objective of economic stimulus. The Nicomekl, on the other hand, if it really does complete, will create a few jobs for a very short period of time, falling far short of any significant short or long term economic stimulus.

The job of the opposition is, you see, to hold the Minority Conservative Government accountable. I take that job very seriously indeed.

Rebecca L. Darnell
Liberal Candidate - Langley