The provincial government and private stakeholders may have wanted to conceal what's happening at Ontario Place with the solid wooden wall they built…
New photos and videos from Thursday show the extent to which the formerly lush site has been levelled for the creation of the Therme spa and its associated parking garage, with residents left shocked and dismayed as they watched the demolition of hundreds of mature, healthy trees take place before their very eyes.
"This was a forest in downtown Toronto with 190 bird species, with all kinds of wildlife. It was an opportunity... it was parkland for the people of Ontario," Spadina–Fort York MPP Chris Glover said in a clip posted to X. "It's being devastated to build an Austrian mega-spa, and we the taxpayers are actually paying for this devastation and handing this megaspa $1.5 billion of our tax dollars. It's an absolutely shameful act that is happening right here at Ontario Place."from TMU architectural science professor Dr.
"These trees, essential for local wildlife habitats and the mental and physical well-being of residents, have been cleared due to political decisions prioritizing profit over community health and environmental sustainability," Stopps writes alongside the damning images. Today I went down to document and bear witness to the destruction of the West Island. Earlier in the summer, I used my drone to create a 3D map of it's beauty.
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