The Port of Vancouver, a federal agency, spends tens of thousands of dollars a week on federally targeted advertising, but Canadians struggle with rising costs of living., The Canadian Business Journal

BRITISH COLUMBIA, October 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Below is a statement from Better Deltaport.

For years, the Port of Vancouver, a federal agency reporting to the Minister of Transport, has targeted advertising to the federal government.

Signs near the Houses of Parliament and Ottawa Airport. Advertising in The Hill Times, iPolitics, National Newswatch and other media. Social media advertising. All of these advertisements are environmentally catastrophically flawed, costly, taxpayer-funded, and needless to get Ottawa’s approval for mega-projects, the Port’s proposed Roberts Bank Advertises Terminal 2.

Most recently, the Port of Vancouver stepped up its campaign for Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in Ottawa, spending tens of thousands of dollars a week on advertising aimed at federal cabinet members, members of Congress, political staff and civil servants.

Exempt under the federal government given that the Port of Vancouver is a federal agency reporting to the Minister of Transport lobby act As part of a common governing body, the federal government, this clearly makes no sense and is a blatant abuse of public money.

What is less clear is who is responsible for this waste of taxpayer money.

Thankfully, the Transport Minister is undertaking a port modernization review, including changes to port governance that are clearly needed.

About the Better Deltaport Project

The Better Deltaports project is a smart, step-by-step, green plan to provide Delta’s Roberts Bank with much-needed port capacity by adding a fourth berth. For more information, please visit www.betterdeltaport.ca.

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