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I keep thinking that this project would put its hosts on the hook for a new statue every change of PM. Because who wants to walk around in 2035 and see a community with statues of all the PMs up to 2015? Talk about a way to put an expiry date on your civic pride.
That liability could also be an asset, I guess. Work out where each new statue goes as each leader retires. But as Kim Campbell showed, you don't need to be PM long to be included in this project. A little bit of bad luck and we could be having to put up 5 or 6 statues a decade. That would start to get a little crowded, and pricey.
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02-16-2016, 12:00 PM
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As a proposed sesquicentennial project, I assume that the donors' intent is to limit the statues to those who served as PM between 1867 and 2017. Somebody else could decide whether to update the project, come 2067. In any event, with two rejections under their belt, I am wondering whether the proponents won't decide to throw in the towel. Perhaps, in hindsight, they should have planned some sort of monument, with an educational component, to honour our 150 years as a representative democracy.
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I think someone at The Record reads Waterloo Region Connected.
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I'm trying to remember whether the Record was equally strong in criticising Kitchener City Council's half-baked decision to reject the proposal to place the statues in Victoria Park.
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03-10-2016, 01:24 PM
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For the cinephiles out there - coming to the Waterloo Region Museum on Wednesday, March 23rd:
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Time 7 p.m.
Experience a rare screening of the post-apocalyptic classic film Stalker (1979, Russian with English subtitles) by legendary film director Andrey Tarkovsky. Hosted James Anthony Usas, the 2016 Joseph Schneider Haus Folk Artist-in Residence.
Not rated. 2hr 43 min, Drama, Sci-Fi.
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
“Tarkovsky for me is the greatest [director], the one who invented a new language, true to the nature of film, as it captures life as a reflection, life as a dream.” - Igmar Bergman
$5 plus HST. Please call 519-742-7752 to register.
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Always nice to have a local issue get some national attention…
I don’t always (or even usually) agree with Conrad Black, but enjoy his writing. On this case, he’s not speaking in very practical terms, but I can’t disagree.
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I wonder if the PM statues idea has died, or if the proponents are still working on the idea? At some point, I imagine it would be too late to have all the statues cast and installed in time to mark 2017. Is the Sir John A. statue supposed to be removed from the WLU campus?
