The Premier’s efforts to reshuffle the science museum and the waterfront park involve $1-billion in questionable expenditures
Doug Ford looks on during a news conference at the meeting of the Council of the Federation, where Canada's provincial and territorial leaders meet, in Halifax, on Nov. 6.More bad news arrived last week for Ontario Premier Doug Ford: The province’s acting auditor general, Nick Stavropoulos, is
Their plans involve demolishing and rebuilding the entire island. “Demolish an island” is not a phrase you hear often. Neither is “cut down 800 trees and bulldoze a park without a formal environmental review.” But that’s what is planned here. Since then, the government has claimed repeatedly that Therme is subsidizing a public park. But that’s almost certainly false. Any payments from Therme are likely far outweighed by public expenditures, including those on a giant proposed public parking garage, and
Although this idea is not new, the decision was seemingly made in haste. John Carmichael, the science centre’s board chair, said on CBC Radio in April that the decision came as a surprise to him. So who made that decision? When? Why?
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