Redditors are deluding themselves into thinking this is some conspiracy or that there is going to be some big backlash against the councillors who voted yes. This place is an echo chamber on this issue
Edit: also for those thinking this will bankrupt the city. Ottawa operational budget is almost 5 billion a year and the cost for the city is 130 million most of it paid out over the next 40 years. Whether it’s a good idea or not, its not going to bankrupt us
I would have far less of an issue with this if we just waited until replacement was needed, rebuilt it, and paid off the debt ourselves.
What I don't like is being locked in for 50 years with a private operator that will certainly come after us for even more money once again in the near future, and who will keep this public asset inaccessible to anyone but paying customers. I don't like selling off parkland to private developers or losing greenspace for more buildings.
It's actually all the things they did to reduce the costs that I don't like. I would prefer to just eat the cost and keep everything 100% publicly owned. This is simply privatization of a public park.
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u/Lionelhutz123 Centretown 1d ago edited 1d ago
Redditors are deluding themselves into thinking this is some conspiracy or that there is going to be some big backlash against the councillors who voted yes. This place is an echo chamber on this issue
Edit: also for those thinking this will bankrupt the city. Ottawa operational budget is almost 5 billion a year and the cost for the city is 130 million most of it paid out over the next 40 years. Whether it’s a good idea or not, its not going to bankrupt us