Re: John Baird, Ottawa’s other mayor, Dec. 30.
John Baird’s claim that the federal government just doesn’t have the money for a new science museum is both pathetic and laughable.
They somehow found more than $100 million to advertise their so-called “economic action plan”, and about $30 to 40 million to “commemorate” the War of 1812, along with other major ad campaigns that were light on content and heavy on politics. Their obsession with gimmicky tax cuts, many benefitting mainly the rich and the corporate sector, has also limited their room to manoeuvre.
The failure to build a new national science museum on LeBreton Flats will be a lasting, historic mistake, and a huge lost opportunity in a city running out of large, prime, central locations for major institutions.
Geoff King, Ottawa
