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Originally Posted by DTcrawler
I know it's more nuanced than what I'm about to say, but it's sad that this industrial plant looks much nicer than most of our transit stations. Especially when you consider the landscaping.
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These industrial plants cost almost the same amount, or are at least in the same order of magnitude cost. So I'd be sad if our taxes spent all that money and it wasn't nice.
Its that strange dichotomy of federal spending in Ottawa. Extremely premium for things of a certain category. And almost nothing elsewhere.
$1.5 billy for heating and cooling? No problem.
Transit for employees to get to a hot and cold workplace (a fair share to pay, approximately the same value)? WOAH, cool your jets there Sally. We can afford just a fraction.
$10-20 billy for a downtown workplace that's mint? Wow, let me sign the cheque.
A safe, intact bridge for workers to get there? OMG that's so expensive, no thanks. Lets just keep studying the issue so people think we care.
Office fitup so my PSPC drone's office isn't stinky with a flickering flourescent lightbulb? No thanks.
Custom brass and oak fittings for elected officials (what is it, $28M per MP's office?)? Sign me up!
And more recently: Paying property taxes to the City in which your employees live? No thanks! (lol, that's just conjecture from the Mayor, but still)