‘While cost is a legitimate issue to raise, especially in dealing with taxpayers’ money, it must also be balanced against the benefits’
I am writing in strong support of the Junction East project and of councillors who were nearly unanimous in their decision to get it built.
The Junction East project is intended to house the main branch of the public library, the art gallery, and the multicultural centre. To date, there have been a couple of concerns raised about cost.
While cost is a legitimate issue to raise, especially in dealing with taxpayers’ money, it must also be balanced against the benefits. At council in June, we heard that Junction East would be a civic building, that the project would generate federal and provincial support, thus bringing more funds into the community and that, of course, its construction would generate good jobs in our community.
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