{"id":226752,"date":"2019-08-13T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T02:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=226752"},"modified":"2019-08-14T02:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T06:33:49","slug":"infrastructure-money-cash-not-ralph-goodales-re-election-fund-moe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/13\/infrastructure-money-cash-not-ralph-goodales-re-election-fund-moe\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure money cash ‘not Ralph Goodale’s re-election fund:’ Moe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Moe questions why the federal government is focused on funding for two outdoor swimming pools in Goodale’s Regina riding when they’re not a priority for the province. (File Photo<\/a>: Scott Moe\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

REGINA \u2014 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is suggesting the federal government is playing favourites with infrastructure funding to give a boost to Liberal-area member of Parliament Ralph Goodale.<\/p>\n

The province is in a dispute with Ottawa over how millions in federal infrastructure dollars will flow to projects in different communities.<\/p>\n

Moe questions why the federal government is focused on funding for two outdoor swimming pools in Goodale’s Regina riding when they’re not a priority for the province.<\/p>\n

He says there’s a long list of other recreational projects Ottawa could consider.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an infrastructure fund that is put forward to ensure that we can move forward on provincial priorities,\u201d Moe said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not Ralph Goodale’s re-election fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodale said the pools, one of which serves low-income inner city kids, have been identified as important to Regina.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe provincial government has said that those kids are a lesser priority than a landfill or a garage dump somewhere else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Goodale also said of the 25 infrastructure projects the province submitted for federal funding, 21 of them fall in constituencies represented by Moe’s Saskatchewan Party.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what do you read in that?\u201d he said. \u201cSurely that’s not partisan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The federal government recently announced it had approved funding for 13 of Saskatchewan’s infrastructure projects and would be likely to approve more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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