1) Jamey Heath is a gay activist and former NDP spokesperson.
2) He has NO respect for history or tradition. Ottawa is filled with historic buildings that cannot be removed under federal law and need to be preserved.
3) Yes, downtown Ottawa is liberal, but certainly nowhere near as extreme as downtown Toronto or Montreal. That quickly changes once you get into the suburbs though...suburban Ottawa is almost entirely held by Conservatives and rural Ottawa (yes, much of the "city" is farmland) is overwhelmingly right-wing.
4) Comparing Ottawa to San Francisco and Boston is a terrible comparison. He should be comparing to cities of similar size - i.e. Charlotte, Indianapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, etc.
5) A "very large Brockville"? TERRIBLE insult to those 25,000 people in that border city, which is very conservative...
6) Downtown Ottawa is already in much better shape than the downtowns of many other cities, and it didn't require a gay village to do so...your plan would wreck it and send the average person screaming for the suburbs or to the neighboring rural counties. Forever.
Some questions are better left un-asked.
I don't understand this idiot's logic. Tall buildings are now a "queer issue"? I'm sure there are some tall buildings in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but I don't think the "diverse" Saudis are very friendly toward homosexuals.
This article translates to we want our gay rights to violate zoning laws. Bizarre.
So does the author, it seems.
What's a "gay weekend getaway?" Scratch that, I don't want to know. Any vacation weekend that is defined by sexual preference is something I DO NOT want details on.
Can't these people just enjoy a weekend in the city without it involving SEX???? WEIRD beyond belief!!!!
FWIW, this is the first time I have ever seen a lefty speak of promoting high rise construction.
Can you say fuster cluck?