People who live in the Scarborough Southwest district braved the rain Sunday morning at a rally urging the province to reverse its decision to move the Ontario Science Centre from the city's east end to Ontario Place downtown.
Rallygoers said Sunday there's no need to move the science centre, despite what the province says. The rally was organized by Scarborough Southwest's MPP, and had advocates, architects and locals speaking out against the government's plans.People who live in the Scarborough Southwest district braved the rain Sunday morning at a rally urging the province to reverse its decision to move the Ontario Science Centre from the city's east end to Ontario Place downtown.
MPP Doly Begum told a crowd in Scarborough Sunday that the province's plan to move the Ontario Science Centre downtown will cause her community to lose a world class institution. She wants the site repaired, not relocated. Zahireen Tarefdar, who grew up near the science centre, told the crowd Sunday that children who live outside the city's downtown will be the ones who lose out if the centre moves. Growing up in a low-income neighbourhood, she said, the science centre offered her and other kids in the area educational opportunities they wouldn't have had otherwise.MPP Begum called on the government to put money toward repairing the old location instead of moving it.
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