Ontario @lemmy.ca RandAlThor @lemmy.ca 6 days ago

Ford government didn’t need to close science centre, firm that designed it says

globalnews.ca Ford government didn’t need to close science centre, firm that designed it says - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

The government announced suddenly on Friday that it was closing the Ontario Science Centre at its current location, giving the public only a few hours of warning.

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So fix the fucking roof guys, it's literally a national treasure.
- Ford never had any intention to keep the science center, in its current location or ontario place. The roof was just the justification to bulldoze the site for the ~~sale~~lease.
- This is the only way they could extract the value of the site and pass it on to wealthy donors.
- Technically a provincial treasure, but yeah. I have fond memories of going there as a kid.
  
  This is what bothers me the most about the closure. It impacts many kids. Nearly every kid within 2-3 hrs of the center gets a chance to go on a field trip there. Now that will be taken away and their voices won't be heard, many won't even know what they are missing.
  
  "National treasure" doesn't prescribe a jurisdiction.
- Unless Dougie wants his kneecaps broken/thumbs cut off it ain't happening. He has a debt to pay to a family that's building across the street of the OSC.
  
  If that's what it takes, maybe the public needs a kneecapping department for government accountability.

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