Ford government's new bill seeks to completely eliminate Environmental Registry notices for Ontario Place. It also repeals the Endangered Species Act?!

Learn more and submit comments to the Environmental Registry!

https://mailchi.mp/ontarioplaceforall/whywekeepfighting-12928284?e=b27f124234

Iconic Ontario Place sign demolished as wholesale destruction continues
Another recognizable vestige of Ontario Place has been reduced to scrap as the provincial government presses forward with its controversial redevelopment of the former waterfront attraction.Demolition crews recently tore up the iconic welcome tower and sign at the former entrance to what w...
#demolition #politics #government #redevelopment #OntarioPlace #Toronto
https://www.blogto.com/city/2025/04/ontario-place-demolition/

Advocates worry about new Ontario Science Centre contract
The province is in the midst of relocating the science centre to Ontario Place after shuttering its current home last year in a controversial move.
#politics #science #contract #relocation #Ontario #OntarioPlace
https://globalnews.ca/news/11144285/ontario-science-centre-vision-contract/

NYTimes did some Ontario journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/world/canada/therme-spa-ontario-canada.html

Archive link: https://archive.ph/f1HCV

The details on this story are BONKERS. Truly, a grift worthy of Doug Ford.

New science centre at Ontario Place to open in 2029, auditor general says
The timeline for opening a permanent Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials saying the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029.
#science #centre #Ontario #Canada #Politics #OntarioPlace #Ontariopolitics
https://globalnews.ca/news/10925478/ontario-place-science-centre-opening/

How would you prefer the Ontario Government spend the $400 per household Ford is spending for a luxury spa no one wants? #AskingForAProvince #OntarioPlace #ontarioplace4all #OnPoli #TorCen

Here are some of the key takeaways from the Ontario Auditor General’s report https://ap236.com/qpgRcg #OAG #OntarioAuditorGeneral #OntarioPlace #onpoli @onpoli @ontariogreens

#DougFord is sending you a $200 cheque so you will forget this.

The Ford Conservative government has essentially legalized corruption & incompetence.

Premier Ford’s #OntarioPlace legislation prohibits lawsuits against his government with respect to anything done under the Act, including: misrepresentations,
misconduct,
misfeasance,
bad faith,
breach of trust,
breach of fiduciary obligation.

-- Bhutila Karpoche - MPP - Parkdale-High Park.

Question is.. why has #DougFord re-written so many laws to protect himself and his govt?

Hey #Ontario,

Premier #DougFord just spent $225M to break a contract with The Beer Store, but won’t spend $30M to break a shady contract to build a waterpark on the #Toronto waterfront that no one asked for.

Requiem for urban forests, public spaces, and the dreams we had of better futures for all of us. Somehow we lost that and the world got mean.

This park was bulldozed today. 850 trees gone as a public park is transformed into a moneyed playground for private profits.

They started last night after dark. Ontario Place's West Island trees are almost gone - this is happening right now (Thursday morning, 3 October).

#OntarioPlaceForAll has put out an emergency request for people to come to the site right now. More info and meeting location: https://mailchi.mp/9bdcdedc5e76/treecuttingsupporters-12723172?e=b27f124234

The ruling allows the Ford government to proceed with the redevelopment of Ontario Place without the constraints of existing environmental, heritage and planning laws. #OntarioPlace #WestIsland #Megaspa #courtchallenge #Ontario #DougFord https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/07/26/news/court-challenge-against-ford-governments-ontario-place-redevelopment-dismissed

Doug Ford is now talking about a giant above-ground parking garage on the waterfront because staff convinced him his underground parking garage idea is too expensive.

I see this as good news for defenders of green space on the waterfront. Doug’s still changing plans, not staying put and shutting up. *When he’s flailing, keep pushing*.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/doug-ford-adds-to-confusion-surrounding-plans-for-ontario-places-contentious-parking-garage/article_074ecd20-490a-11ef-b3c9-ff53940445ad.html

Does Therme’s secret business plan for #OntarioPlace hold water?

Why is #DougFord obsessed with this Austrian company? Who knows who?

Why has the Premier signed away #Toronto's waterfront for a century when even the European press (excerpt below) is raising red flags on the financial & carbon costs of these mega spas?

Why is Ford gifting this relatively new company our public real estate to build private "spa" when Therme is posting poor economic performance at its established spas?
#onpoli

LiveNation "suffocates it competition" -US Justice Department sues concert ticket behemoth.

Meanwhile, LiveNation is being celebrated by #DougFord & Kinga Surma as a “world class anchor tenant” in the #OntarioPlace redevelopment scandal.

#toronto #topoli #onpoli #ontario

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/23/nx-s1-4977330/live-nation-ticketmaster-sued

Absolutely endorse this column from Ed Keenan in the Star.

“The public is paying for the World Cup and Ontario Place redevelopment, so why are the deals secret?

When the costs and benefits of any government action are kept secret, how is our democratic system supposed to hold that government accountable?”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/the-public-is-paying-for-the-world-cup-and-ontario-place-redevelopment-so-why-are/article_f9d07e82-e5f4-11ee-89a2-dfcc56f8c05e.html

Kinga Surma is still spouting the ridiculous and outlandish lie that #Therme spa will host 6 MILLION visitors a year. (CN Tower sees 2 million+- visitors/year)
That's 16,438 people per day, meaning the luxury spa capacity needs to be about 5000+ people, all the time. No word yet on whether the private spa plans to stay open 'round the clock', similar to a casino.