On Earth Day, Ontario Place for All is releasing information that shows the construction & operation of the MegaSpa coupled with the loss of 1,500 trees will have an outsized climate impact, particularly in the context of our climate emergency.
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Today, Ontario Place for All released a comprehensive review of the financial viability of the proposed MegaSpa at Ontario Place. It concludes that the business case for the MegaSpa does not make sense, with the MegaSpa losing money for years while costing Ontario’s taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies.
In a decision issued this week, the Honourable Justice Backhouse of the Ontario Divisional Court declined to grant a motion by Doug Ford’s government to quash Ontario Place for All’s application for judicial review, stating that:
“It cannot be said that OP4A’s concerns about governance in defiance of the environmental legislation are frivolous or unworthy of argument before a panel of the court, notwithstanding the passage of legislation which purports to retroactively sanitize the initial allegedly unlawful conduct. Where, as here, the questions are legal issues of first impression, in a context of significant public law interest and concern, the issue is more appropriately dealt with by a panel than by a single judge.”
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