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Two newly elected Liberal MPs opposed to the proposed location of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism say public consultations are needed to determine an alternate site.
“We do need public consultations to talk about what would be a suitable location,” said Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna, a vocal critic of the site near the Supreme Court chosen by the outgoing Conservative government.
Even before those consultations take place, though, there needs to be a close look at the project’s finances to see how much its sponsor, Tribute to Liberty, has been able to raise toward its $5.5-million cost, McKenna said.”We need to press stop and find out what’s going on. We need to see if it’s viable.”
Anita Vandenbeld agreed that public consultations are required. The new MP for Ottawa West-Nepean argued that “we need public buy-in on something like this. This is really something that never should have been politicized in the first place.”
A memorial to people who have been victimized by communist regimes worldwide is a worthy idea, Vandenbeld said. “This is something that’s important to many Canadians.”
But the memorial needs to unite Canadians, not divide them, she said. “That’s the last thing that people who’ve lived under those regimes would ever want to see.”
Ottawa architect Barry Padolsky, who first raised the alarm about the memorial’s location in 2014, said he was “very optimistic” the Liberals would respect their public commitment to move the memorial.
Padolsky said the new government should freeze any further actions to build the memorial in the judicial precinct and direct staff at Canadian Heritage to study whether the current design “fits” alternative sites, including the Garden of the Provinces site first offered by the National Capital Commission.
Canadian Heritage should also withdraw its application for NCC design approval, he said. An NCC spokesman said the matter is not on the agenda of the November board meeting and the NCC expects Canadian Heritage to provide “further information on its plans” in coming weeks.
Options for alternative locations should be presented at a public forum, Padolsky said, adding that he didn’t think it the memorial “should necessarily be abandoned outright or downsized,” Padolsky said. “I would be interested in the outcome of the public forum.”
He added that the government should commission an independent report examining how the policies for planning the parliamentary precinct were “arbitrarily overturned to serve a partisan political and ideological agenda.”
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“We do need public consultations to talk about what would be a suitable location,” said Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna, a vocal critic of the site near the Supreme Court chosen by the outgoing Conservative government.
Even before those consultations take place, though, there needs to be a close look at the project’s finances to see how much its sponsor, Tribute to Liberty, has been able to raise toward its $5.5-million cost, McKenna said.”We need to press stop and find out what’s going on. We need to see if it’s viable.”
Anita Vandenbeld agreed that public consultations are required. The new MP for Ottawa West-Nepean argued that “we need public buy-in on something like this. This is really something that never should have been politicized in the first place.”
A memorial to people who have been victimized by communist regimes worldwide is a worthy idea, Vandenbeld said. “This is something that’s important to many Canadians.”
But the memorial needs to unite Canadians, not divide them, she said. “That’s the last thing that people who’ve lived under those regimes would ever want to see.”
Ottawa architect Barry Padolsky, who first raised the alarm about the memorial’s location in 2014, said he was “very optimistic” the Liberals would respect their public commitment to move the memorial.
Padolsky said the new government should freeze any further actions to build the memorial in the judicial precinct and direct staff at Canadian Heritage to study whether the current design “fits” alternative sites, including the Garden of the Provinces site first offered by the National Capital Commission.
Canadian Heritage should also withdraw its application for NCC design approval, he said. An NCC spokesman said the matter is not on the agenda of the November board meeting and the NCC expects Canadian Heritage to provide “further information on its plans” in coming weeks.
Options for alternative locations should be presented at a public forum, Padolsky said, adding that he didn’t think it the memorial “should necessarily be abandoned outright or downsized,” Padolsky said. “I would be interested in the outcome of the public forum.”
He added that the government should commission an independent report examining how the policies for planning the parliamentary precinct were “arbitrarily overturned to serve a partisan political and ideological agenda.”
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