A 2023 report for the Department of Canadian Heritage recommended that 330 of the 553 names listed on the monument's Wall of Remembrance be removed due to potential links to Nazis or fascist groups

Heck of a vetting process they had there.

Addendum: The unintentional metaphor has more layers than a mille crepe cake:

A December 2024 internal report by the National Capital Commission estimated that the lifetime cost of maintenance had increased to at least $1 million from the original $240,000. The report also indicated that cracks had already appeared that had been repaired at an approximate cost of $17,000.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That’s on top of the original price tag:

The price tag for the project has ballooned to an estimated $7.5 million — including $6 million in public funds — from an original budget of $1.5 million that was supposed to be funded entirely through private donations from Tribute to Liberty.

Lifetime $8.5 million cost for a slab of granite and some metal rods. Some contractor’s palms had to have been greased here.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

that was supposed to be funded entirely through private donations from Tribute to Liberty

Okay so who are the elected officials who approved public money for this so they can be stoned to death

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 30 points 3 weeks ago

Smash them with the memorial

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

i can only assume they went non-union for the trades