Reality check challenge
Yeah, again about Himself's remarkable claim during Tuesday's Question Period:
PREMIER WILLIAMS: The hon. the Leader of the Opposition knows very well that we support districts. We support your district. There is a school in L’Anse au Loup. There is a school in Port Hope Simpson. More road money has gone into your district than the entire Province collectively put together, so we do not punish districts.According to the Danny Williams-Government's own budget documents, We have spent (including this year's budgetted amounts) $865.5-million on road construction and maintenance since Fiscal Year 2004 inclusive, broken down as follows ($million)
Maintenance ConstructionSource: Revised Estimates, passim.
2004 12.4 33.1
2005 12.6 52.8
2006 14.8 101.8
2007 17.2 90.9
2008 17.6 138.9
2009 20.0 147.6
2010 19.4 186.5
Total $114.0 $751.5
Now, in order for the Premier's statement to be true – and, of course, he always speaks the truth – this would have to mean that since 2004, His government has spent 50% of the total amount, plus at least one penny, in the provincial electoral district of Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair.
This is where you come in, gentle readers, especially in southern Labrador. This corner would like your reader-contributed photos of the staggering $432,740,000.01 or more worth of provincial highways work that has been carried out in the region since April 1, 2004.
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