Rattenbury is no doubt spinning in his grave end over end; the space was designed as a Capital-L Library, housing books and records that are rare if not unique.
From the Vancouver Sun:
It has existed for 144 years as one of B.C.’s great democratic institutions: The library housed inside the capital’s legislative buildings devoted to tirelessly researching and cataloguing the political events, laws and history of British Columbia.The shittiest thing though is that over half the staff is getting the boot and most of the books and records will be boxed up and shoved into some dark warehouse. Seriously, these people are MORONS who have no concept of history or the value of knowledge and no respect for research. They should all be slapped with rotting salmon.But B.C.’s Speaker of the House is about to close the legislative library down for up to two years, and perhaps move it for good from its historic site, claiming it is in a wing of the legislature that needs to be seismically upgraded to make it safe in an earthquake.
grrrr.
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The Liberals' response would probably be along the lines of "if there is sufficient consumer demand for a Legislative Library, then we'll continue it" or "the market is the proper mechanism for determining any non-essential government service."
It's hideous, no? Please email the Premier and tell him what you think.
premier@gov.bc.ca
Thanks. :)
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