[RePinion]

I don't think anyone is questioning that the Canada Permanent building was a worthy one. Its presence is sorely missed.

As between Blanchard and Vranich, both have made mistakes, but only Blanchard has made a mitigating positive contribution to the core. He has to his credit the Bank of Montreal, the Landed Banking and Loan, and now the Hunter Street building. Regardless of the buildings he has torn down in the past (and the parking lots he has put up in their stead), Blanchard is quite clearly on a different path now.

Vranich, on the other hand, has what to his credit - that hideous Staybridge Suites? If Vranich pulls through on the Homewood Suites project and doesn't leave the HMP property a parking lot, then obviously his reputation will have to be reevaluated as well.