Is this what my city tax buys me? I thought most municipalities have departments that do this. How much is this an overlap, and is this the same sort of organizations that cities like Quesnel have brought in house to save money? I thought the Chamber of Commerce was to look after their members?

Why does IPG assume that business in Prince George needs their help??

Do they have any documentation on file that would indicate that they have been approached by business to do these things, or is this in fact an IPG make work program that is more about giving the impression that they are a necessary operation.

Its not the responsibility of taxpayers to look after business interests in Prince George.

I still think that IPG should close shop, and some of the staff transfer into the City to provide some services and we can end this fiasco once and for all.

Continuing to provide support for businesses for finding and retaining skilled staff through the ongoing promotion of the “Move Up Prince George” campaign.

What a joke. When are they planning their next trip? Total waste of Tax dollars.

So IPG costs us tax payers over $1,000,000 a year and this is what we get for our money.. talk about wasting tax dollars…

Tracking the quality and availability of commercial and industrial land to help channel investment and support local business needs.. every real estate agency does that.. why not just call them ?

Furthering downtown revitalization by working closely with Downtown Prince George.
what does that even mean? there hasnt been any significant downtown revitalization in decades..and mayor and council looks after this already with lots of money.

Continuing to provide support for businesses for finding and retaining skilled staff through the ongoing promotion of the “Move Up Prince George” campaign. Spending a couple thousand dollars on a website doesnt add up to a million spent on IPG

Delivering workshops to assist companies in analyzing potential new markets for their products.. more waste … companies have salesmen for that.

I dont see anything worth spending any of my tax dollars on… Close the doors on this fiasco immediately.

So who is the idiot or group of idiots that thought that the creation of IPG was a good idea? I’m a business owner and I can’t for the life of me figure out why we, let alone I need IPG!

I can’t help but think that Heather Ohland and crew laugh all the way to the bank to cash their paycheques!

Perhaps someone within the City’s Communications Department could fill us in on why we need IPG and while they’re at it, maybe they can tell use why we need their department as well??

Hart Guy: Ha, ha, ha, that’s funny. The City’s Communication Department? I wonder who thought up that department? They should call it the department of ideology, propaganda and bafflegab.
They must have all studied Animal Farm and 1984 in university.
I think they should rename IPG something along the lines of the Institute of Obfuscation and Confabulation.