Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling part of Lake Ontario to accommodate his vision for a massive new convention centre in downtown Toronto.
At an unrelated event in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Ford confirmed reporting he was considering filling part of the lake to build a new convention centre, which he has priced at “a few billion” dollars.
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“I wouldn’t call it an island, but we may look at putting fill in until we can put a convention centre,” he told reporters. “We’re exploring that.”
The premier said environmental work hadn’t yet begun for the plan, which he first began musing about last week.
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“That’s what would happen first. It’s no different from anything else; the environmental process would move forward,” he added.
“But we have a tremendous amount of fill right now, but we need to expand the land. I did talk to the mayor about it, and she was endorsing it. We need more land, we need a world-class convention centre.”
Ford has to leave. he has no infrastructure knowledge and like his former hero, trump, he just spends as only a Conservative can spend.
Who does he think he is TRUMP? Get off your high horse and do something that is worth while for the people of Ontario
Doubt the LPC will allow this.
Ford is nothing but a moron. He should put some effort into the health care system not in a dam convention Center