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Originally Posted by Dentoman
Philosophically, I just don't feel that projects of this scope should be put to a plebiscite ... as Slava said, "People are cheap". There is a certain portion of the population that would vote against anything that would cost money.
The province knew this and insisted on a plebiscite tied to funding and then provided very tepid verbal support. The province knew exactly what it was doing. And as I stated before, having a different provincial government wouldn't have made any difference. The plebiscite card would have been played.
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Blame people being "cheap" if you want.
Just remembered that city council (those we elect to represent us and make decisions) voted to kill this bid 2 weeks ago. The result would have been the same whether this plebiscite was held or not....citizens just wouldn't have been the final say.