Opinion: Absolutely nobody, including those who yearned for restoration of Ontario Place, had been clamouring for a posh spa and a massive parking garage, writes Rosie DiManno.
It had been oft-repeated and with increasing tough-titties-Toronto ’tude that the province owns Ontario Place.
A bite-me motion by Coun. Josh Matlow at a Toronto and East York Community Council meeting that ran late into the night on Wednesday was ruled out of order because this venue wasn’t the place, agenda-wise, to debate the land transfer. No, this was instead an opportunity to suss out the official plan amendment and status report for the proposed redevelopment.
Both men, identified on the speakers’ list as with Urban Strategies Inc., are actually project managers for Infrastructure Ontario, designated by the Ministry of Infrastructure as development lead for the undertaking, thus an extension of the government’s interests. Although it took a while to arrive at that clarifying point as both T & T were rather grudging about affirming that important connection and what it meant in practical terms.
Tweedledee promoted the modernization of an all-season Ontario Place as a “generational investment” for a waterpark that fell out of favour. “The ambition can and should be more than just another park on the waterfront. Unlike Toronto’s other parks, Ontario Place should also attract people from all over at the major provincial international tourism destination it was intended to be.
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