OTTAWA–The Conservative
government says it will not go ahead with a $2 million government-controlled media centre as outlined in federal documents.The "Shoe Store Project," as it was dubbed by the Privy Council Office, was a plan to establish a new "dedicated press facility" in a now vacant shoe store adjacent to buildings that house the Prime Minister's Office and his PCO. The project would have supplanted the current National Press Theatre, just a block away.The decision to shelve the project was "a PCO decision," a spokesperson said yesterday. But it is not clear when that decision was made, by whom, or why.In response to a request by the Star last October, PCO released a package of documents, received Thursday evening, almost a year later, which showed planning was underway, and the cost estimated to be $2 million.None of the documents indicated the project had been shelved.However, Harper's communications director Sandra Buckler said in an email yesterday it was a no-go.
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