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Old 11-14-2018, 10:13 AM   #1462
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Originally Posted by Dentoman View Post
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.
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.
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