Those fighting to prevent the move of the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place say the sudden closure of the facility Friday 'is a manufactured crisis ... an abuse of power.'
WATCH: The Ford government's decision to shutter the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto's Don Mills area with no warning Friday is drawing outrage from critics and members of the local community. Sean O'Shea reports.in Toronto’s Don Mills area with no warning Friday is drawing outrage from critics and members of the local community.
The Ford government previously announced its intention to build a new Science Centre on a site at Ontario Place in downtown Toronto.“This is a manufactured crisis and we feel it’s an abuse of power,” Ash told Global News outside the Science Centre Saturday.The popular attraction was sealed off from public access after the engineering report found “serious structural issues” with the Science Centre that could materialize by winter.
“I read the report; it says nothing about closing the Science Centre,” said Elsa Lam, editor of Canadian Architect Magazine.The local member of provincial parliament, who visited the site Saturday, also read the report and questioned the immediate closure.
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