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Acclaimed architect, Raymond Moriyama, designed the Ontario Science Centre to last for centuries. It was one of the most beautiful architectural feats in #Canada.

Today, #DougFord moved one step closer to demolishing it.

#CivicVandalism #toronto #onpoli #cdnpoli #ontario

Credit Alex Bozkovic Exterior shot across a ravine showing the connecting bridges at the Ontario Science Centre
credit Alex Bozikovic Ontario Science centre as an example of brutalist architecture
View onto the ravine from the Ontario science centre
#Canada #onpoli #cdnpoli #toronto #Ontario #DougFord #civicvandalism

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GG
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Official Announcement: We are sad to announce the closure of our building to the public, effective today, Friday, June 21. Please read our statement:
ontariosciencecentre.ca/import…

#DougFord #ontario #toronto

Important News Ontario Science Centre purple background with white lettering

Important Announcement | Ontario Science Centre

Ontario Science Centre is now closed
www.ontariosciencecentre.ca
#toronto #Ontario #DougFord
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Snowshadow
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I wonder how many Science Centre employees suddenly find themselves scrambling to fill out unemployment papers and rushing to do a job search.

How many employees with families won't be able to pay rent next month because Doug Ford suddenly without warning gave them their walking papers and hasn't restricted the outrageous hikes in rents in Ontario

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Norman Wilson
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@Snowshadow I gather they get several months' further employment as the building contents are packed up and stored. Building allegedly not outright unsafe, but might become so with a load of snow on the roof.

Which, of course, leaves open the question: why not spend those months repairing the building instead?

Because Doug hates the place and anyone who uses it: doesn't generate enough bribes.

@Snowshadow
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Snowshadow
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It doesn't take away from the emotional toll put on the employees, and I am sure some wiil be let go.

Also these is the question, "Why wasn't the snow removed as needed in order to prevent this?". Fairly recently, the engineers that built it said it had 20 years left.

Doug Ford screws the public once again.

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Norman Wilson
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@Snowshadow It has been observed elsewhere that the government has spent as much on self-promotional advertising in the past year as it would have cost to repair the Science Centre. It's not news at all that repairs were needed, but it was deliberately left to decay. We can't trust this government with any infrastructure at all.
@Snowshadow
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silverwizard
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@GG I've been trying to figure out what to do. The slime has no shame. But this feels too far.
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@silverwizard Yup. Ontario is furious. Closing the Science Centre has enraged more voters than #DougFord's privatization of our healthcare system. There's a rally being organized for Sunday. Will post when details confirmed.
#DougFord @silverwizard
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@silverwizard Rally to save the #Ontario Science Centre:
Sunday afternoon June 22nd, at Wells Hill Park, Bathurst and St Clair, #Toronto
12pm-2pm
Rally to save the #Ontario Science Centre: Sunday afternoon June 22nd, at Wells Hill Park, Bathurst and St Clair, Toronto 12pm-2pm
#toronto #Ontario @silverwizard
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Alex Block
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@silverwizard The Science Centre will trigger more outrage than the provincial health system because while the #cons can trick people into thinking the "Ministry of Health" is #Trudeau's problem, it's harder to convince people the Ontario Science Centre is a federal failure, as it has "Ontario" right there in the name.
#Trudeau #cons @silverwizard
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silverwizard
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@Alex Block @GG I hope you're right.

i'm also hoping Life Labs can shrivel and die because we fixed our broken healthcare

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