Trying to repair the Ontario Science Centre building would be 'foolish,' Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in response to calls to reverse his abrupt closure of the attraction.
Ontario's premier pushed back against critics of his government's controversial decision to shut down the Ontario Science Centre, calling the building "decrepit" and saying completely fixing it would cost upwards of half a billion dollars.
"That place is absolutely a mess from top to bottom. Front to back. Every single building. Even the bridgeway is closed. The air conditioning is gone. It would be a foolish decision," he said. "It was really sad, very disappointing," said Suzanne Fielder, a former science school student in the 1990s. She said the experience in the school propelled her to work in a genetics lab and then teach science.
The Green Party of Ontario said in a statement, "The premier is grasping at straws to justify his unjustifiable Science Centre shutdown, and Ontarians can clearly see through the façade."
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