The office of Ontario’s auditor general has confirmed it is looking into the provincial government’s controversial plans to redevelop Ontario Place and move the Ontario Science Centre to the waterfront.
Premier Doug Ford government’s plans for what’s been described as a “mega spa” by Austrian developer Therme at the site of the decommissioned Ontario Place have garnered criticism since they were
Community groups and local politicians who take issue with the project say that the development of a private spa and multi-level parking garage on the land will result in a loss of public space and the removal of hundreds of mature trees in the area. Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles welcomed the news of the AG probe into the Ontario Place redevelopment and called the plan to reimagine the space a “bad deal for Ontario.”
“People are frustrated with an affordability crisis, closing emergency rooms, overcrowded classrooms... and rather than help make life easier, Ford’s spa-obsessed Conservatives are blowing more than $650 million of public money on a private, luxury spa,” Stiles wrote in a statement.from Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue to the waterfront, a plan the Ford government has said it is moving ahead with.
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