Thank God for the BurdReport, written by local activist and former politician Ben Burd. In his wonderful way, he stayed on top of this issue like a Hound Dog on a scent. The federal and provincial government touted these infrastructure programs as being important to economic stimulus, yet there is always a question of where the dollars get spent. So, here is a list of the local companies and unions who benefitted from the contracts to build the new Cobourg Community Centre:
Blake Construction – Excavation, trucking, gravel supply, machine work, etc.
Kelly’s Excavating- hauling,materials
Carpenters local # 397 – Carpenters for foundations work (2 workers)
Labour local # 183 – Labour for foundations work (2-3 workers)
Labour local # 183 – Labour for steel work (4 workers)
Labour local # 183 – Labour for excavation & site services work (2 workers)
Lafarge Concrete
LUSI – Temporary hookups
Battlefield
Rent-all Services
Rona Building Supplies
Staples
Culligan water supply
L.A. Signs
Lakeland Group – misc. construction steel
Bin-it – Supplied bin for waste wood for foundations
Cogeco – Phones & internet
Don On The Job – Portable Washrooms
Portable Food Service Truck
PraxAir Inc. – Supply torches / cutting supplied
FedEx
UPS
Ontario Line Clearing
Cressman landscaping
When you look at this list it is not really a lot of the total of 27 million. We know lakeland got about 500k but what about the rest not much I bet!