Marc Serre, the Liberal MP for Nickel Belt, stands by his position that FedNor is getting extra money over the next two years. Serre admits the millions aren‘t part of FedNor’s base funding. But he says FedNor will administer the extra money to help northern communities celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday next year.
Serre says the two years of Canada 150 money will give the Trudeau Liberals time to work on increasing FedNor’s base funding.
Last week Carol Hughes, the federal New Democrat for Algoma Manitoulin Kapuskasing, accused Serre of misleading the public that FedNor funding was increasing.
With files from Rocco Frangione