Progressive Conservative House Leader Paul Calandra says the province will use ‘all the tools at our disposal’ to ensure the government’s vision for the site goes ahead
Premier Doug Ford’s government says it will forge ahead with plans to redevelop Ontario Place into an international tourist destination featuring a luxury spa, regardless of whether the next mayor of Toronto supports the idea.has come out against Mr. Ford’s proposal for Ontario Place, which includes a $350-million spa and waterpark from Vienna-based Therme Group, and said she would not yield a section of land that Toronto owns on the site to the provincial government.
The showdown in the final weeks of the mayoral race sets up a potentially bitter battle between City Hall and Queen’s Park over the future of the Toronto waterfront site. Toronto voters willProgressive Conservative House Leader Paul Calandra on Monday said the province will use “all the tools at our disposal” to ensure the government’s vision for Ontario Place comes to life.
Mr. Calandra did not detail what the tools the provincial government would use. But options could potentially include expropriation, a minister’s zoning order to fast-track construction or even provincial legislation to push the project through. The province and the city could also engage in a land swap to proceed with the redevelopment plans, but aMs. Chow said that Mr. Ford should listen to public opposition and abandon his plans, as has happened with other planning ideas in the past.
“Ford is forgetting that the City of Toronto owns land that he needs. Ford says he’ll use all available tools to pursue his luxury mega spa at Ontario Place, but we have the biggest tool of all: democracy. That’s real power. Ford needs to listen to the people of Toronto and give up on his Ontario Place sell-off,” Ms. Chow said in a statement to The Globe and Mail.
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