[spaustin]

Awful lot of negativity here. I agree that $200 million would be too much for HRM or even the Province to come up with. $200 million of provincial or municipal money could buy a lot of more important items on the wish list, like a greatly improved transit system. If, however, the Naval Trust is able to get a significant contribution from the federal government and fund raise successfully from private sources, why wouldn't we wish them good luck?

The Armoury might be a nice idea, but you would still need to cut into the building, complete whatever deferred maintenance needs to be done, build some kind of platform to hold the Sackville and move the boat to the Armoury. It wouldn't be $200 million, but it wouldn't be cheap. Better to build a purpose-built building on the waterfront than slap something together just because it's there.