Park protesters just hate business

The hand-wringing harpies of the No Business in the

Park protests are a bunch of politically biased propaganda spouting hypocrites.

They cry great crocodile tears as they moan about “sacred ground,” “inviolable heritage,” “historic legacy” and the like.

But where were these people in the 1980s when the CBC was allowed to put up a big ugly concrete structure that contributes nothing to the character of the park?

“Oh, that doesn’t count,” say the No Business NIMBYS. “CBC is the people’s company.” They gloss over that CBC sells commercial advertising and shares its space with a commercial network, City

TV.

Compare the CBC building to the Conexus development, which is enhancing the campus, improving accessibility, improving performing arts facilities and striving to keep its building as low-key and in-character as possible.

The list of exceptions used by the No Business hypocrites is telling.

It’s OK to have a corporate headquarters in the park, as long as it’s a state-owned company.

It’s OK to have office buildings in the park, as long as they’re for non-profit organizations. It’s OK to have government departments, such as the military and the numerous provincial bureaucratic structures, set up in the park.

At least in their name the protesters are honest. They clearly care nothing about preserving park space, since they’ve never raised a single objection to past developments.

They just hate private business. Conexus’ generous donation to the park and campus is just a convenient