06-20-2018, 08:07 AM
(06-19-2018, 11:59 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(06-19-2018, 11:36 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Seems like the knives are out in normally genteel corners of the community ...
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/868...-approval/
Quote:Rather than bring another STEAM-oriented project to the region, University of Waterloo professor Marcel O'Gorman said he'd like to see Launch do something different in this community
etc etc.
If Launch is a privately-funded initiative that is not looking for public funding, why do all these people think that they should be able to tell Launch what kind of programs they should run? Mr O'Gorman can certainly run these initiatives himself, too, there is nothing stopping him. Launch sees an opportunity, I don't see why we should stop them (or even that we COULD stop them, there is nothing in what they propose that requires approvals as far as I know).
That article did make clear (for first time?) that Launch is intended as a private sector initiative. More than anything else, there seems to be a lack of communication betweeen Launch proponents and the local cultural establishment, something that should be corrected, istm.