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Ontario Science Centre — Manufactured Closure & Ontario Place Relocation
$500M+
Ford abruptly closed the Ontario Science Centre on June 21, 2024, citing a dangerous roof — but the engineers' own report did not recommend closure. The same roofing material exists in 400+ other Ontario buildings that remain open. The roof survived a major snowstorm intact. Ford refused to reopen it anyway. The Science Centre is now temporarily housed in a mall and at Harbourfront while a replacement is built at Ontario Place — a project whose cost has ballooned from $322 million to over $1 billion, with the new building 45% the size of the original.
Connections (2)
- Doug Ford
- Kinga Surma