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Originally Posted by rrskylar
Another real stupid article by Nigaan Sinclair it todayâs Free Press this one equating Portage Place to a town square and he claims the mall shouldnât be sold and should stay in public hands just because along with more convoluted irrational ideas about what govt. should and shouldnât be doing!
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Actually he said this:
"There is nothing wrong with investment, but profit without people is just exploitation. Portage Place is our place and shouldnât become something it isnât."
and this:
"Portage Place is about more than profit. Itâs a place of accessibility â and one of the only such places left in our city. Itâs well known that when public spaces are reduced, social problems and conflicts increase. If a community gives people no place to go, they make spaces anyways â sometimes forcibly and unexpectedly.
When Portage Place changes, it shouldnât lose its best parts. It is Winnipeg itself."
and this:
"Downtown apartments are fine, but these shouldnât come at the cost of tossing people on the streets. High-end businesses are also fine, but not at the cost of marginalizing people who canât afford them. And, of course, people who can pay high rates for space is fine, but letâs not forget the public in public space."
Sounds pretty reasonable to me