Campbell Gov't Resorts to Desperate Attacks to Cover Up True Costs of the Port Mann

New Democrat Finance Critic Bruce Ralston says the Campbell government is showing real desperation in its political attacks as Liberal cabinet ministers respond to an embarrassing parade of cost overruns and failed financing schemes for important infrastructure projects. Ralston says B.C. Liberal Mary Polak’s attack on the Opposition over the Port Mann bridge project is misleading and dishonest. “Polak’s attack is a desperate attempt to cover up the true costs of the Port Mann Bridge to B.C. taxpayers and the delays caused by Gordon Campbell’s inability to admit his financing scheme was a failure,” said Ralston. “If Polak spent more time explaining the true costs of the bridge and less time blowing smoke in an effort to mislead the public, maybe we’d have a better idea of why costs have gone from 1.5 billion to over 3 billion dollars. “The Campbell government is well aware that the Opposition supports a new bridge over the Fraser," said Ralston. "However we support, as part of an overall transportation plan, cost effective measures with immediate investments in buses, light rail, and rapid transit to reduce gridlock before 2013. “If Polak was truly interested in helping commuters and making good on her government’s ‘green agenda,’ she would stand up to Gordon Campbell and join Carole James in demanding real solutions for traffic gridlock.”