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Originally Posted by DigitalNinja
IMO I agree with Fenwick, that if the convention center doesn't get through it will be a sad day for Halifax. The economic impact of one would significantly spur growth in Halifax and bring some major events here, and be an excellent space for many groups to meet. This will bring many dollars to downtown and could revive barrington st as well.
My posts are normally random incoherent points but I really advocate have a new modern convention center downtown.
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I don't disagree that it will be a sad day if the convention centre does not go ahead.
As I said above, I agree that we "need" both projects in Halifax. It is just not obvious to me that there are the public dollars available for this without raising taxes! That seems to me to be especially true with a stadium since there has not, to date, been a single private entity come forward with a funding plan. It would be different if they were simply looking for public funds to help out, but why should a stadium be built 100% with tax dollars?? Why is there no private group stepping forward with a plan here?
I do also find it odd that some of the most vocal people calling for public funds for a stadium seem to be conservatives... whereas my understanding of conservative dogma is that public funds should never be used for projects like this, and certainly not at the expense of lowering taxes. Why then the huge support for this to be built with public funds? What we REALLY need is a private group to step forward and take the lead, and once they have a true plan then one could broach the topic of having some public funds included.
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