New report refutes Jumbo's economic benefits

A new economic benefits study of the Jumbo Glacier Resort proposal is refuting the conclusions of the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) that the project will provide economic benefits to the Province of B.C.

Prepared by the Ktunaxa Nation Council (KNC) and Marvin Shaffer & Associates Ltd., ‘An Assessment of the Economic Benefits of the Proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort Project’ concludes, “There is no analysis or estimates to support the conclusion of the executive director of the EAO that the project is in the public interest because of the economic benefits it offers.”

The report was prepared for the KNC, which has today renewed its call for the provincial government to disallow the estimated $1 billion, three-season ski resort proposal for the upper Jumbo Creek Valley, 55 km west of Invermere.

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