I don’t understand why the museum has become such a touch point. Reminds me of the prime minister’s dilapidated residence. Why are we incapable of funding public goods? Victoria is a major tourist destination, and the current museum is outdated and falling apart.
IMO it was just a really bad time to announce that project with all the other shit going on.
When is a good time? This remodel project has been in the works for almost 20 years, which is classic for Canada. Local input slowing down infrastructure construction is such a microcosm for so many of our problems. It makes costs skyrocket for no benefit and nothing gets done. Just like the PM’s residence. Meanwhile, in Europe or Asia, they’ll build public museums, public transportation, parks, schools, etc. for half the cost and a quarter of the time.
Yes, it should’ve been built sooner, for less cost. It already had input from First Nations, which is really all that should’ve been needed. I don’t know why you assume I’m against it; all I’m saying is it was a bad time to announce it in the midst of all the other stuff on peoples minds. It seems obvious people would react they way they did after seeing that “price tag”.
If they could, they should’ve just started quietly building it without the fanfare. It would be well underway by now.
My apologies for assuming. I sometimes feel like my fellow Canadians will just knee jerk oppose or criticize any new policy or project. And then we’ll also criticize inaction.
What is particularly galling is that there is no mention at all, in light of their self-agrandizing back-slapping, regarding the 1,500 opioid deaths since the beginning of the year.