A bronze sculpture that relates to the Pine beetle epidemic?
Oh wow!
For $201,850?
...and what would be the point behind that?
Would it not make more sense to actually DO something constructive with that much money?
Or would that make too much sense for these turkeys?

It seems to me most if not all of this money is originating from the taxpayers.

I would rather see this money go towards helping solve the problems in our health care system.

The following is from a Jan. 8, 2008 article on the Globe and Mail web site.

"Faced with an aging population requiring increasingly complex care, overwhelmed Canadian doctors are feeling more and more frustrated by their inability to properly serve their patients' health needs, a national survey of physicians reports.

In the survey of more than 20,000 doctors and doctors-in-training from across the country, 75 per cent reported that inadequate funding of the health-care system and an undersupply of physicians and other health professionals, along with paperwork and bureaucracy, are curtailing the amount and level of care they want to provide patients."

If anyone wishes to read the entire article, the following is the link to it.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080109.wldoctors09/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

What about BC money staying in BC? Don't we have enough starving artists that one would qualify? Alberta has enough money that they like to keep in Alberta.

Alberta create d sculpture? Inter- provincial free trade at its finest. BC gonna ask for provincial sales tax on that sculpture as soon as it crosses the BC/Alta. border? Betcha!

Hopefully it is stronger bronze than the Terry Fox statue

It would be nice to see the money go towards fixing the devastating mountain pine beetle problem. It would be nice also to see the health care system better taken care of as well like Charles said.
I worked a short time at the Simon Fraser Lodge and it really bothered me to see how run down a large portion of that building was.

Your right Heidi,it IS pathetic!
I have also seen how bad it is at another facility down on the island where I have a close relative.
And everytime I see the smiling face of George Abbott,it makes me sick.
And if he happens to be standing close Gordon Campbell,I just want to barf!
What a couple of spin doctors!
Absolutley inexcuseable, and it has to stop!

"Balance?" The only thing this peice of crap will balance is an Albertan artists bank book!

I notice the Prince George Regional Arts Gallery doesn't seem to have much to say on this farce?
I would have thought that they would perhaps have a logical explanation for the project to justify that kind of an expenditure,but obviously not!
Maybe they could explain how much of this amount is taxpayers money??