Bread and circuses.
Doug Ford has a vision: a football stadium on the waterfront. He says the NFL stadium might be built on the site of the abandoned Hearn generating plant in the underdeveloped Portlands.
The stadium would be the anchor for a massive redevelopment of the Portlands that would “turn this dump site into a wow factor.” It would include dramatically designed residential buildings and high-end retailers such as Macy’s department store. A monorail elevated transit system would link it to downtown.
And unicorns will dance in the sunlight.
Why is this important you may ask?
He says that when he brings U.S. visitors to Toronto, they tell him, “Doug, you’ve got a beautiful, clean city but there’s nothing to do here.”
“Well,” he tells them, “there’s going to be something to do.”
Yup, mustn't be embarrassed by easily bored jock oriented Americans, now must we?
A little note to Rob and Doug: get out more. It would benefit us all.
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