Premier Doug Ford’s government wants to move the Ontario Science Centre from Don Mills to Ontario Place to revive two aging public attractions.
Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma, who is expected to make the news official Tuesday, said the controversial changes have been in the works for some time.
“Our government is making the financial investments necessary to preserve these two treasures to bring them back to life, to make them a place that everyone can go and enjoy with their families,” she said. “The government’s plan to hand over extremely valuable public lands on Toronto’s waterfront to a private European developer to build a luxury spa and a giant parking lot are not going over very well,” she said.
“There is so much potential to make Ontario Place a truly vibrant public space again,” she said, adding the Science Centre is also “a treasured public institution.” “It is falling apart. During COVID, in fact, we had to close a bridge to make sure that those attending the Science Centre could be safe and the workers could be safe,” the minister said, adding Ontario Place has similarly been neglected.
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