WATCH ABOVE: The Wildrose party says it has found the perfect project to cut millions from the fiscal shortfall. Tom Vernon explains.
EDMONTON – The Wildrose party says if Premier Jim Prentice needs to cut costs to save the economy, he can start by selling the biggest white elephant on the Alberta legislature grounds – the Federal Building.
Shayne Saskiw, the Wildrose house leader, says the building is not needed and serves only to showcase the reckless excess of the Progressive Conservatives.
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Saskiw says he’s not sure who would buy it, but says it will require deep pockets to take over an opulent, historic building that has six kinds of marble.
Prentice has said the collapse in world oil prices will cost the province billions of dollars in lost revenue and that cost savings must be found.
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Critics say the Federal Building, soon to be home to 600 politicians and bureaucrats, has been a boondoggle, given that it is years overdue and $100 million over budget.
The building made headlines last year when it was learned former premier Alison Redford’s office was secretly building a pricey retreat for her on the roof.
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