The new PC government says it will not honour a previous commitment by the former Liberal-led government to allocate thousands of taxpayers' dollars to the Amelia Earhart statue project in Harbour Grace.

What's more, the new minister of Women and Gender Equality, Helen Conway Ottenheimer, is describing attempts by Liberal Pam Parsons — the MHA for Harbour Grace-Port de Grave — to pressure and embarrass the new government as “disingenuous.”

Conway Ottenheimer would not agree to a recorded interview, but in a written statement, said "since the statue was found and is now being restored, this funding is no longer required."

She added that Parsons' media statements in recent weeks contained "inaccuracies and omissions" regarding the Amelia Earhart statue.

"It is disingenuous for the MHA fo

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