At last week’s Council meeting (March 10), Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson introduced a motion to postpone/delay the PAC and Multiplex projects for up to one year, halt further spending and contracts, and require a staff report on the financial and legal impacts.

The motion cites financial pressures, funding uncertainty, and the scale of long-term commitments.

KCU supports this motion, as we have previously called for a pause on the PAC project due to the lack of a clear financial picture and no direct public input at the current cost level—now increased by approximately 37%, from the $154M presented during the AAP to $211M.

Will the $125M Multiplex cost increase as well?

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Email: citycouncil@kamloops.ca

𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙,

𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥.

𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦,

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 “𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩.”

Even if there are costs to pause, they are far smaller than committing to hundreds of millions without full clarity or a direct public vote.

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Link to motion: https://kamloops.civicweb.net/document/214465