Community outraged over abrupt closure of Ontario Science Centre
Global News
Those fighting to prevent the move of the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place say the sudden closure of the facility Friday 'is a manufactured crisis ... an abuse of power.'
The Ford government’s decision to shutter the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto’s Don Mills area with no warning Friday is drawing outrage from critics and members of the local community.
The government cited safety concerns after releasing an engineering report on the current structure which opened to the public in 1969. The government used the report to justify closing the Science Centre immediately.
“We were worried this stunt would be pulled by Premier Ford and the Ontario government,” said Jason Ash, co-chair of Save Ontario’s Science Centre, a citizen group campaigning to keep the current site.
The Ford government previously announced its intention to build a new Science Centre on a site at Ontario Place in downtown Toronto.
“This is a manufactured crisis and we feel it’s an abuse of power,” Ash told Global News outside the Science Centre Saturday.
The popular attraction was sealed off from public access after the engineering report found “serious structural issues” with the Science Centre that could materialize by winter. The Ministry of Infrastructure recommended to the attraction’s board of trustees that the building should be closed.
The move came as a surprise to some visitors who had arrived for a tour of the building.
Sameer Sayed and his three children live across the street from the Science Centre and are regular visitors, especially in the summer.
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