Ontario Science Centre

[rdaner]

The plot thickens as the Feds are giving the Vancouver Science Centre $19m. Wouldn’t it be funny if this whole thing was just about getting money from Ottawa?

Federal government announces $19-million for Science World upgrades in B.C.

Upgrades expected to cut Science World’s greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce energy consumption by 42 per cent

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Brands]

The plot thickens as the Feds are giving the Vancouver Science Centre $42m. Wouldn’t it be funny if this whole thing was just about getting money from Ottawa?

Federal government announces $19-million for Science World upgrades in B.C.

Upgrades expected to cut Science World’s greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce energy consumption by 42 per cent

www.theglobeandmail.com

The Current Ontario Science Centre needs a whole lot more then 19 million. We are talking about 300 million dollars for upgrades to the current facility.

 

[generalcanada]

The plot thickens as the Feds are giving the Vancouver Science Centre $42m. Wouldn’t it be funny if this whole thing was just about getting money from Ottawa?

Federal government announces $19-million for Science World upgrades in B.C.

Upgrades expected to cut Science World’s greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce energy consumption by 42 per cent

www.theglobeandmail.com

eehhh it seems targeted towards green energy retrofits. Im sure the feds would be okay with ponying up money for it, if it only was for green upgrades.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

The plot thickens as the Feds are giving the Vancouver Science Centre $42m. Wouldn’t it be funny if this whole thing was just about getting money from Ottawa?

I personally think they have more nefarious reasons for closing OSC, but yeah...

 

[rdaner]

^I imagine that any Federal contribution would be a bit larger. I can guarantee you that they are part of what must be intense negotiations behind closed doors!

 

[jje1000]

The plot thickens as the Feds are giving the Vancouver Science Centre $19m. Wouldn’t it be funny if this whole thing was just about getting money from Ottawa?

Federal government announces $19-million for Science World upgrades in B.C.

Upgrades expected to cut Science World’s greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce energy consumption by 42 per cent

www.theglobeandmail.com

I doubt so, but the Hamilton LRT cancellation was exactly this ploy if I remember correctly (it was previously entirely funded by Hamilton & the province, while its resurrected form now has federal funding).

Like what others have said, I think the excuse for closing down the OSC is really to prepare for the move down to Ontario Place, cut ongoing costs, and eventually offload an ageing, expensive facility; with the engineering report being the excuse given to the public.

I personally think they have more nefarious reasons for closing OSC, but yeah...

I doubt there is really much to do with any redevelopment of the site itself, since the lands are city-owned. I think in the end, the city will be left holding onto the bag that is the OSC site.

 

[rdaner]

The opposition is getting organized!

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[generalcanada]

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I still think moriyama is biased but if they get engineers to say its safe, then maybe it is. Dont assume it is right now.
We dont know what the engineers told the government exactly in their presentation.