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Originally Posted by someone123
This seems like more of a national project and some of the money will come from donors who would not be interested in funding a stadium.
It's not correct to look at public projects as a zero-sum game where the amount of total funding is fixed and can be diverted to arbitrary projects. The total amount of money available varies depending on what's proposed and some funds are available for certain types of projects but not others. This is part of the reason why it's good for the city to have different types of capital projects on the go at any given point in time.
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I agree. I don't know why people would bring transit or stadium funding into this thread as this is a whole different deal.
From the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust's information page, funding is coming from all levels of government as well as corporate sponsors and private donors.
http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/wp-co...ct-Sheet-1.pdf
So this has nothing to do with taking money away from potential transit or stadium projects.
Anybody who thinks that this in a non-important project might just want to brush up on their Canadian history a little. The Second World War wasn't "just another war" such as one might read about in today's context, it was an aggressive attempt by Germany and its allies to conquer and change the world (eventually). We did not want the war, but we did have to defend our way of life, and many Canadians did that without hesitation, often giving theirs in the process.
What if we had done nothing? Google "The Holocaust" and learn about the kind of actions that could have easily happened in Canada had the German military advancement been allowed to continue without resistance.
Not trying to sound preachy, just trying to add a little perspective here. I applaud the project and think it will be a valuable addition to our waterfront.