A toronto waterfront festival that hosted an unexpectedly controversial.
Canada day 2017 toronto rubber duck.
A six storey rubber duck won t call toronto waterfront home until this summer but it s already making waves in the ontario legislature.
A six storey tall giant yellow inflatable duck is proving to be an easy target for ridicule after it was revealed canada 150 funding would go toward paying its six figure rental fee.
People celebrate canada day near the giant inflatable duck that sits on toronto s harbourfront on saturday july 1 2017.
Festival a 121 000.
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The annual festival has music and entertainment the canadian naval warship hmcs toronto and of course the giant inflatable bath toy and takes place from july 1 3 2017.
On canada day and the duck will then pack up to head to owen sound on july 3.
But the duck still managed to make it through the scandals and is landing just in time for canada day.
Redpath waterfront festival brought the rubber ducky to toronto s hto park to celebrate canada150.
The six storey rubber duck is hoped to draw in tons of people who want to snap a selfie but also has brought the ire of some government officials and a dutch artist.
The duck has landed.
Last month the duck became a controversial topic as it was revealed that the government of ontario paid 121k to bring it to toronto.
And after that the rubber duckie was accused of being a counterfeit by a dutch artist.