Edward Keenan: What Doug Ford is keeping secret about the Ontario Place plan
There are no end to the questions you could ask about the provincial plan to put a privately operated spa and waterpark at Ontario Place.
But there’s a more fundamental question than that which would need to be answered for even an elementary evaluation of the proposal, and one whose answer we can’t know, because the provincial government is keeping it a secret.on the public land the business will operate on. You and me — the people of Ontario — own that land.
And I got a written response that at least acknowledged the questions. “As is the case with many negotiated agreements, due to commercial sensitivities, the terms of the agreement remain confidential,” wrote Andrea Chiappetta, a spokesperson for the Minister of Infrastructure, “this is common practice.”The people of Ontario have entered an agreement with a foreign company. The people of Ontario are not allowed to know the terms of that agreement. Commercial sensitivities, you understand.
Now, despite commercial sensitivities, I happen to know the length and price of the lease for the public land the homes on Toronto Island sit on, and the price and term of the lease of public land to Billy Bishop Airport, and I can plainly see many of the key terms of leases on
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