Mother Canada Project Still Attracting Donations

by Dave DesveauxAugust 3, 2017

Donations are still coming in for a proposed war memorial in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, despite the fact Parks Canada has not approved the project.

The Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation wanted to put the Mother Canada statue at Green Cove, but Parks Canada decided last year its land wouldn’t be used for the project.

The Foundation is still accepting donations on its website.

The Foundation’s Tony Trigiani says they’ve never accepted Parks Canada’s decision not to support the project, and he adds his group is using donated funds to pay for an environmental assessment required by Parks Canada before the agency withdrew its support.

Trigiani goes on to say the money would be wasted if the site were moved.

Canada Revenue Agency Records show donations to the project went down to about 200,000 dollars last year.

Dave Desveaux

Dave Desveaux, a native of New Waterford leverages his experience and passion for research in The Coast 89.7 Newsroom where as the Weekday Newscaster. His foray into radio began with a research position at The Coast, which led to the production of a radio documentary on the music of the Mi’kmaq people. The program, entitled “First Nations, First Music” was co-produced with fellow Coast personality Ron Neville and released in early 2011. A graduate of Breton Education Centre, Dave went on to get a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Cape Breton University, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Dalhousie, and in various short-term customer service and research positions.

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