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In a 2013 interview with ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', [[Charles Bronfman]] (uncle of Edgar Jr.) stated about the decisions leading to the demise of Seagram: "It was a disaster, it is a disaster, it will be a disaster. It was a family tragedy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/charles-bronfman-opens-up-about-seagrams-demise-it-is-a-disaster/article10816816/|title=Charles Bronfman opens up about Seagram's demise: 'It is a disaster'|last=Slater|first=Joanna|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=April 5, 2013|access-date=2013-04-08}}</ref>
 
In 1997, the [[Seagram Museum]], formerly the original Seagram distillery in Waterloo, Ontario, was forced to close due to lack of funds. The building is now the home of the [[Centre for International Governance Innovation]] as well as [[Shopify]]. The two original barrel houses are now the Seagram Lofts condominiums. There were almost {{convert|5|acre|ha}} of open land, upon which the [[Balsillie School of International Affairs]] was subsequently built; construction began in 2009, and was completed in 2010.<ref>[http://cigicampus.cigionline.org/tag/bsia/ "Construction continues on the Balsillie Campus"], July 2, 2010.</ref><ref name = "Balsillie school article">{{cite news
| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/therecord/access/1623151031.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+8,+2009&author=Greg+Mercer&pub=Waterloo+Region+Record&edition=&startpage=B.1&desc=New+Balsillie+school+will+be+'functional,+not+fancy'
| title = New Balsillie School will be 'functional, not fancy'