Ford wants Ontario Place to be top tourist spot, says science centre location is sleepy [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford further dug in on his decision to close the science centre and touted his plans to overhaul Ontario Place on Monday, claiming he wants the waterfront attraction to become the country’s top tourist destination.

Speaking at an unrelated event on Monday morning, the premier said he planned to make Ontario Place the country’s best tourist attraction and claimed the Ontario Science Centre’s current location was “a sleepy little neighbourhood.”

Ford said he believed that once the redevelopment of Ontario Place — which includes a revamped music stage, spa and a new home for the science centre — is complete, it will become more popular with tourists than the CN Tower.

“Mark my words, it will be the number one tourist attraction in all of Canada,” Ford said.

“The CN Tower has about 1.2 million people, let’s all agree that’s a pretty good tourist attraction, but with Live Nation, with the bands… we have the waterpark there and …