The President of the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society is disappointed the vote won’t be going ahead tomorrow, but realizes there are more important things to worry about right now.

Speaking on The Jeff Andreas Show, Norm Daley says there was a lot of momentum that had been built up for April 4th referendum and the society was cautiously optimistic about the outcome. “However, until you count the ballots in that ballot box you’re never sure. So, obviously we would have had to wait until tomorrow evening and been able to deal with whatever the results were going to be, but we were quite hopeful that this was a time or the opportunity to really make it happen.”

Daley says it’s hard to predict what things will look like coming out of this and how it may impact these types of projects moving forward. “I don’t believe there is any government leader that would ask citizens to make a decision around spending unless there was a massive infrastructure roll out from the federal and provincial government to kick start the economy post-COVID.”

When it comes to the fundraising efforts that would have been required if there was a majority yes vote, Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society President Norm Daley says that is the whole uncertainty it’s facing. “One of the ways that it could be successful is if there was some infrastructure funding or large infrastructure funding that would be part of that $22 million that we’re working towards. But at the end of the day I think we really need to sit back, take a peak at where the economy is at, see how Kamloops fared through this crisis.”

Daley says it’s going to have to start over from scratch when it comes to rallying support and encouraging people to vote.

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