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Flin Flon MP Bev Desjarlais heard from supporters and opponents of the proposed Communityplex during her recent campaign but says she sides with Flin Flon City Council on the issue. "Where the municipal government supports a program, I'm going to support that program," she said yesterday. "They're the elected representatives. My part as an MP is to support that." The Communityplex was not a major topic during her re-election campaign earlier this summer, but Desjarlais said a couple of people on both sides of the issue shared with her their thoughts. She said the opponents disclosed that they were unhappy about the prospect of losing existing recreational facilities if the Communityplex were to go ahead. "That's the biggest objection, that they were happy with the facilities, and there was some dissatisfaction of moving [those services] to the Creighton side," the MP said. Supporters of the project, however, told the New Democratic that they would be more than happy to utilize the new multimillion-dollar facility, which would be built beside the Phantom Lake Golf Course, on the Saskatchewan side between Flin Flon and Creighton. Flin Flon City Council announced in Nov. 2002 it would investigate the possibility of a new multi-sport complex for the local area. The complete plan, outlined in The Reminder this past February, calls for the eventual closure of several public facilities, including the Flin Flon Aqua Centre and possibly the Flin Flon Community Hall. The services provided in those buildings would move into the new $11.2 million Communityplex. The success of the project hinges on the participation of the two provincial governments, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and the federal government. Desjarlais said she has not seen the Communityplex proposal and did not wish to comment on whether she is optimistic that government money will come through.
