10-21-2015, 02:01 PM
(10-21-2015, 01:41 PM)ookpik Wrote:(10-21-2015, 01:24 PM)panamaniac Wrote: the reaction to this gift of art is very unfortunate. I think it makes us look very provincial.
Why?
Just because someone makes an offer doesn't mean that we should accept it. The offerors have been turned down at least twice now. Evidently there's substantial opposition to the proposal.
P.S. This is similar to the Victims of Communism memorial in Ottawa. Again, lots of well-reasoned opposition. Hopefully this abomination from our previous PM will be on our new PM's hit-list.
I don't doubt that the PM-elect will have the communism memorial moved to a less contentious location. I'm not sure if it would be politically astute to simply cancel the project, although I would shed no tears if he did.