By Staff
November 3rd, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
Geez – not another one.
The Auditor General announced that they will be probing the Ontario Place redevelopment.
Premier Doug Ford seated at Queen’s Park
The independent legislative officer confirmed Friday a value-for-money audit was under way into a controversial scheme to revamp the province’s waterfront park with a new spa and a relocated Ontario Science Centre.
NDP Leader Marit Stiles, who asked the Auditor General to probe the transfer of properties out of the Greenbelt. The report revealed what is now known is as the Greenbelt scandal that has resulted in two Cabinet Ministers and at least two senior staff members lose their jobs.
Stiles said “People are frustrated with an affordability crisis, closing emergency rooms, overcrowded classrooms… and rather than help make life easier, Ford’s spa-obsessed Conservatives are blowing more than $650 million of public money on a private, luxury spa,”
“People know this is a bad deal for Ontario, and I’m confident the auditor general’s report will confirm that.”
Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma, who has defended the project, was expected to respond later today.
The audit was requested by community groups opposed to the redevelopment, including Ontario Place For All.
An Austrian-based based company has a lease on the property where they want to build a $350-million water spa on the West Island of Ontario Place, but provincial taxpayers would be on the hook for a massive underground parking garage with 2,100 spaces.
Rendering of the proposed development.
GOOD! It seems all part of the same corruption with Ford and his rich pals. World class cities don’t cover up their waterfront with parking garages and giant expensive spas, they open them up to all with parks and greenspace. That’s what brings people and tourists to cities lucky enough to be on a Great Lake! Look at the Science Centre component too – more shady business there.
This guy is leaving his greasy fingerprints all over our Beautiful Province