For Immediate Release
July 29, 2004

Still Fighting For the Frost Centre
Laurie Scott keeps pressure on McGuinty Liberals

Although the Frost Centre doors have closed, Laurie Scott is continuing the fight to save the important programming that the centre has delivered to our community and others across the province. The Frost Centre has also been a significant contributor to the local economy.

Responsibility for the Frost property has changed hands from the Ministry of Natural Resources to the Management Board of Cabinet. “My focus in the days since the closure has been to make sure that Gerry Phillips, is willing to come to the table to discuss options for reopening the Frost Centre,” Laurie Scott said. “I have been working hard to arrange a meeting between the government ministers and local municipal officials.”

The Frost Centre programs have been cancelled, but there is still time to reach a solution that will allow the programs to start up again as soon as possible. Hopefully the government will recognize the value of these programs, and work towards a solution so that the Frost Centre will be able to continue it’s longstanding tradition of excellence in the delivery of stewardship and outdoor education programming.

“There has been a very clear message sent that the government made a mistake closing the centre,” Laurie said. “I have received over 7,500 names on a petition to Save the Frost Centre. When you combine that with the people who have signed the Experience Haliburton petition and the names collected by MPP Norm Miller that puts the total number of signatures at well over 10,000.”

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