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Dave Cooke reviving downtown Windsor, Ontairo canal plan

November 30, 2009

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Former Ontario cabinet minister Dave Cooke, fresh from stepping down as head of the University of Windsor’s board of governors, is preparing a report on what it will take to start digging a $48-million-plus downtown canal and marina.

Mayor Eddie Francis said he hopes council will be able to get it by January and that the development can be dealt with as part of the 2010 capital budget deliberations.

The concept had been gathering dust since not making the cut in the spring as part of Ottawa’s infrastructure stimulus funding for Windsor. After complaining that the project was being rushed through and without sufficient public input, city council overcame initial reluctance and voted in favour of adding it to Windsor’s stimulus application list...

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