C.F.B. Borden Museum to be done away with??

[Robert Dabkowski]

My first hand knowledge is two years out of date but what I thnk that you are seeing is the demolition of old WW2 vintage "huts and tank hangers" for energy and environmental reasons. Built without insulation, covered in lead paint and full of asbestos on the corrodded hot water/steam pipes they are heated by ancient, inefficient central boilers that no one makes parts for anymore. Borden has an ongoing plan to remove all of them. Also going are most of the old "flightline" aircraft hangers that sheltered the start of the Canadian Air Force. Too little maintenance money has led to too much wood rot in the wooden arches. Too expanesive to repair for a base that sees only an occassional helicopter and student gliders.
Over Cdn$400,000 has been spent on upgrading the Museum's 5 ex-tank hangers in the last 4 years and I can't imagine even DND wasting that much of the taxpayers money (but you never know ... we should all check our sources).

Robert in Toronto