Not only does everyone need water, but everyone needs clean water. Everyone should have access to water. No one should be denied water.
But what do we do with water in the West? We bottle it up and sell it in future litter and landfill filler. But even that does not bother me so much as does this.
What the hell? I enjoy going to the water slide as much as anyone could. But I don’t believe that $7 million dollars of public money should be spent on this so that a private owner can make money from it. The tax-payer waste aside, it is ridiculous that this is how we treat something as precious as water.
No matter how much the kids will piss in the pool, the water will be cleaner than that which much of the world enjoys. And it will likely have tighter restrictions and regulations than does bottled water.
This is a waste, a water park in Winnipeg funded by $7 million public dollars when there are problems funding the already existing capital projects? When there are other programs which could actually benefit the people of Winnipeg, specifically the poor? When a water-slide only provides an escape rather than a solution.
I am curious where this will be placed. I doubt it will be the North End or the West End. How about West Broadway, Burrows, or Spence? My guess it will be someplace like South Dale or South St. Vital. But no matter where it ends up, I bet it won’t really provide anything of meaning or consequence. It’s not like Winnipeg would become known as “Water World.”
