A probe into management of public funds has met with more obstacles as the Government and other parties have refused to cooperate. And Finance Ministry officials will decline to respond to questions on the airport project at an upcoming public hearing this month, according to reports. The Anthony Evans Commission of Inquiry was established by…...
Accountant General not informed of Aecon role in airport project
correspondence reveals finance ministry at odds with Bermuda's chief accountant
When Accountant General Curtis Stovell first signed off on government’s agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, no one told him that infrastructure giant Aecon was already in line to construct the new airport terminal. And Stovell has made it clear to the finance ministry that Aecon’s selection as the contractor for the $250 million project…...
Full video: Public Accounts Committee on airport row, leaked emails and summonses
Tensions rise as Public Account Committee discusses row over its demand for the full airport development agreement and a decision by Chairman David Burt to issue a summons to the Financial Secretary. Cole Simons moves that the summons be withdrawn, Lovitta Foggo expresses her dismay at having her emails leaked to the press and Susan…...
Bermuda Airport project PAC meeting – April 14, 2016
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Aecon update
Think Media teams up with Bernews after being left out of media junket
Canadian developer Aecon will likely sell its interest in Bermuda’s new airport. Senior executive Steven Nackan acknowledged the possibility in a brief interview for Bernews. Think Media was not invited to participate in the media tour, but we assisted the 24/7 news site with its coverage. Nackan was also asked about relations between airport employees […]
Senate debate Deloitte Report on CCC/Aecon airport deal
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Government’s first listicle on the Bermuda airport project
Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday insisted that Bermuda has too much to lose if the proposed airport development deal with the Canadian Commercial Corporation does not go ahead. “There is no final or intermediate agreement, as yet. But for Bermuda to end this process now and not seek an agreement would be an action that would cost […]
Canada defends handling of Bermuda airport proposal
Canadian Government agency explains controversial emails
Canadian Commercial Corporation, Canada’s export sales agency, has defended the handling of a $250 million proposal to redevelop Bermuda’s airport following intense local criticism and controversy. Suspicions that the project has been tainted by collusion and backroom deals have been fuelled by the release of a cache of emails between CCC, prospective developer Aecon Concessions and Bermuda […]
Bermuda airport: Swiss Challenge a “no-go”
Aecon Concessions, the company sole sourced to redevelop Bermuda’s only airport, has dismissed the idea of opening up the deal to a Swiss Challenge as a non-starter. Canadian Commercial Corporation, which would oversee and guarantee the $250 million project, refuses to be drawn into the local dispute over the process. Bermuda’s Opposition Progressive Labour Party […]
UK – Bermuda “very close” to agreement on airport project
A controversial plan to rehabilitate Bermuda’s airport is being backed by the UK Government, we can report. Finance Minister Bob Richards listed the estimated $250 million project as a near certainty in his Budget Statement outlining Government’s fiscal strategy for the upcoming financial year. Bermuda and the UK have differed over whether Whitehall’s permission – […]