During the last decade, as Jumbo Glacier Resort’s plans for an all-season ski resort in the Purcell Mountains wilderness have inched their way through a labyrinth of controversy, protest and legislation, proponents have had a powerful ally in Victoria.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett, the often-outspoken MLA whose East Kootenay riding is south of the Jumbo site, has been instrumental in many of Glacier Resort’s steps towards approval and, in the nearby community of Invermere, almost all conversations about Jumbo include references to Bennett.
In 2012, as minister of community, sport and cultural development, Bennett led changes to the Local Government (Read more…)