Canadian Human Rights Museum

Last week I was in Winnipeg on a business trip. I made a side trip to visit the Canadian Human Rights Museum (CHRM) currently under construction.

I honestly thought the only redeeming quality of this fiasco of a museum was the architecture, considering pre-construction renderings. You will note from the photo I took that building is an eyesore. This monumental taxpayers gift to the giant ego of Izzy Asper is a complete disgrace.

Stephen Harper's decision to fund this museum, forever, is bordering on an act of cruelty to the taxpayer. What's more the people of Winnipeg that I spoke to, have no fondness to this glorified Holocaust museum. They changed the focus of the museum to obtain more government funding.

Incidentally North America has over 30 Holocaust museums. Incredible when you consider that the neither the victims, or perpetrators of the crime, came from North America. I will be labeled an Anti-Semite  for stating the obvious. I have the utmost respect for the Jewish community in Canada, that punch above their weight in philanthropy and community service.

The CHRM is still grossly underfunded and the Asper's are begging for additional government funding. This edifice will go down as one of the greatest white elephants in Canadian construction history. Right up there with Montreal's Mirabel Airport and Olympic stadium.

Next time the Asper family have a dream, I'm begging them to keep it to themselves.