Ottawa's new public library is late, way over budget, and it gets worse | Opinion

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Ottawa's new public library is late, way over budget, and it gets worse | Opinion

Brigitte Pellerin: When I asked the people in charge for explanations on Ādisōke's delays, here's what they said: Nothing.

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The Ādisōke project that was supposed to give us a new and much-needed central library is over a decade in the lack of works, shows no sign of being ready anytime soon even though it’s significantly late, and at twice the price we were promised. Now it needs another $18.5 million of your dollars, and we can’t tell you why.

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