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It depends on how much power the provincial government has here, and how the relationship with the city government evolves. The mayor and the new premier are b
by perardi 8y ago
It depends on how much power the provincial government has here, and how the relationship with the city government evolves.
The mayor and the new premier are both members of the Progressive Conservative party, but John Tory and Doug Ford are…they have rather different temperaments. Ford is, to risk oversimplifying, Trump-esque, and not easy to predict yet. This could either become a traditional "public-private parternships are great" pitch, or a weird populist backlash against big government and big business. (Who knows. Ford and the anti-gentrifications folks might end up both being against this. But really, who knows at this point.)
- 52-6F-62 8y agoIt's also taking up the land in the Portlands area (used to work down there) where the Fords wanted to build a ferris wheel, megamall and.... monorail I wouldn't be overly surprised if they ran into snags. Ford has been known to hold a grudge. But that's just speculation. Haven't heard anything about it from the new government yet. For anyone unfamiliar with the area, it's largely undeveloped, home to warehousing, light industry, stockyards, and the Pinewood Film Studios (to the east end). https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/08/30/doug_fords_dream_waterfront_ferris_wheel_monorail_and_a_boatin_hotel.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/08/30/doug_fords_dream...