Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years.
The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection plan as "the largest investment ever made to protect Canada's coasts and waterways" -- including efforts to mitigate the potential environmental damage from the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says some $85.9 million of its share of the program's funding has not been spent over the past two years. "They're trying to tell British Columbians and Canadians that they've invested in this world-class oceans protection plan but they haven't actually been rolling out the money."
The government has frequently touted the plan to allay concerns about potential environmental damage from increased tanker traffic.
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