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No public input
Regarding the city’s intention to move forward with its $135-million master accommodation plan to renovate and expand city hall.
What is completely lost on council and city staff pushing this dream toward a request for proposal from qualified developers is that this is proceeding without a whiff of public input
The public could offer up much more progressive views on the delivery of services in satellite sites like transit hubs and malls for non-corporate services with more family friendly hours.
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Chris Butler, London
Great opportunity
London is considering a plan to renovate and expand city hall, including a residential tower.
This is a rare opportunity London cannot afford to miss. Having postponed building a new city hall for years, the city must take advantage to incorporate the latest architectural and engineering technologies as a climate change model for the future.
The new design should incorporate the latest in urban planning, including natural environmental opportunities to reduce heat-generating materials like concrete, include carbon dioxide-eating trees where possible, and engineering technologies such as solar, external insulation, triple-glazed windows and reduced window-to-wall ratios to meet standards for consumption and emissions.
This is almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. so let’s do it right as an architectural and climate model for Canada.
Andy McGuigan, London
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LHSC management
In his letter to the editor Lack of foresight (June 13), Keith Lawson presents a good synopsis of the management problems at London Health Sciences Centre and suggests some good remedies.
I think there is more to the story.
I worked at Victoria Hospital, before and after the merger with University Hospital. I also worked in Hamilton and Toronto. While in Toronto, there were several dozen hospitals within the Greater Toronto area. Notwithstanding our government insurance, Torontonians had the luxury of choice. Simply stated, if one hospital did not treat you right, somebody else would. Unfortunately, we in London do not have that option.
In the absence of any competition, our hospital managers function with impunity.
David Nielsen, London
Not the whole truth
Regarding Chrystia Freeland’s outrageous statements about the capital gains tax.
She states the tax will only affect 13 per cent of Canadians with an average income of $1.4 million.
My husband and I own a cottage, and to hang onto that cottage, I stayed in the workforce until last year when I retired at 75. Our combined household income is well under $200,000 a year so she’s not being realistic, or perhaps truthful, about whom she says the tax will affect. It will hurt us and many others who are not wealthy.
Suzanne Fitches, Severn, Ont.
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