The Ottawa Greenbelt will be marketed for housing.

 Despite the fact that the 50,000 acres are a living memorial to Canadian soldiers who never returned after fighting in foreign wars. "Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity.(Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.)

Despite the fact that the Greenbelt is part of the National Interest Land Mass and cannot be sold or subdivided.

Despite the fact that Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre said the Ottawa Greenbelt is not needed for housing. "Canada can build more homes 'without getting rid of Greenbelts'" Poilievre says. August 23, 2023, Josh Pringle and Bill Carroll, CFRA The Morning Rush.

House of Commons May 25, 2010: MP Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer) Liberal: "...The Liberal members from the National Capital Region, the member for Ottawa-Vanier, the member for Ottawa South and I as Liberal Members of  Parliament, have good reason to call for enhanced protection of the Ottawa Greenbelt. There are, as a matter of fact, no major regulations protecting this area. Together the City of Ottawa and the NCC could do whatever they like with it. We believe this greenspace must be protected from developers."

The City of Ottawa wants 13, 700 acres of the Greenbelt "for development". Environment Minister Jim Prentice refused to hand over the land to the Queen and the National Capital Commission.

A front-page article in the Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 1974. The Hon. Barnett Danson was a Minister of National Defence and a Minister of State for Urban Affairs.

Protected land and waterways in the NCR.

•  Airbase lands - Federal, Private
• Arboretum Woods - Federal
• Aviation Parkway North - Federal, City
• Brittania Bay - Federal, City
• Brittania Bay Conservation Area - Federal, City
• By-Pass Woods - Federal
• Carlington Woods - Federal, City, Private
• Central Experimental Farm Woods - Federal
• Champlain Bridge Woods - Federal
• Champlain Bridge Islands - Federal
• Chaudiere Rapids - Federal
• Del Zotto Woods - Federal
• Deschenes Lookout - Federal
• Hampton Park Woods - Federal, City
• Hog's Back Woods - Federal, Private
• Lemieux Island - Federal, Private
• Leopold Woodlot - Federal, Private
• McCarthy Woods and Southern Corridor - Federal
• Montfort Woods - Federal, Private
• Nepean Creek Corridor - Federal, Private
• NRC Woods North - Federal
• Parliament Hill - Federal
• Pinecrest Woods - Federal
• Prince of Wales Woods - Federal, City
• RA Centre Woods - Federal
• Rideau River Islands - Federal
• Rideau River Park Woods - Federal
• Riverside Park - Federal
• Rockcliffe Park East - Federal
• Rockcliffe Park - Federal
• Rockcliffe Shores - Federal

(The information is from "urban natural features strategy, City of Ottawa April 11, 2006".)

Government buildings in the NCR that are being "disposed of".

At least Agriculture Ministers Bud Olson and Eugene Whelan never gave Queen Elizabeth and the National Capital Commission 700 acres of the Experimental Farm for a "housing crisis."

The List L'Esplanade Laurier - East Tower, 140 O'Connor.

L'Esplanade Laurier - West Tower, 300 Laurier.

L'Esplanade Laurier - Commercial, 171-181 Bank Street.

Brooke Claxton Building and Annex - 70 Columbine - Health Canada Headquarters.

Asticou Centre - 241 Cite-des Jeunes

Canadian Broadcasting Centre National Headquarters, Edward Drake Building - 1500 Bronson and Annex. The Edward Drake Building is a Classified Federal Heritage Building. 

CBC Building - Graham Spry Building, 250 Lanark.

Sir Charles Tupper Building - 2720 Riverside Drive.

Rideau Falls Lab - 1 John Street.

Jackson Building - 122 Bank Street.

National Capital Region real estate in 1984 and 1985. Reposting.

 

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1958 Annual Report of the Federal District Commission, the National Capital Commission.

National Capital Act, page 79 0f 96. Part 1 - The Commission is, for all purposes of this Act, an agent of Her Majesty, and its powers under this Act may be exercised only as an agent of Her Majesty.

2. The Commission may, on behalf of Her Majesty, enter into contracts in the name of Her Majesty or in the name of the Commission.

3. Property acquired by the Commission is the property of Her Majesty and title therefore may be vested in the name of Her Majesty or in the name of the Commission.

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L'Esplanade Laurier - "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada is the owner in fee simple of the property (the "Property") municipally known as 171-181 Bank Street, 140 O'Connor Street and 300 Laurier Avenue West, in the City of Ottawa, and commonly referred to as "L'Esplanade Laurier". June 22, 2017. (The term "fee simple" means "a permanent and absolute tenure of an estate of land with the freedom to dispose of it at will...Freehold tenure is the main type of land ownership.

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The citizens of Canada do not own the Rideau Canal. That is why Parks Canada told the United Nations that the government of Canada cannot control what happens to the waterway and adjacent land. (Google: May 2018 - "State of Conservation Report-Rideau Canal" and go to "November 14, 2019.") And why high rise towers will be permitted to block views of the Rideau Canal at Dows Lake, resulting in the UN removing the UNESCO designation from the waterway.

Also, all the infrastructure in the National Parks and Historic Canals will be sold---bridges, dams, culverts, highways, etc., Google: "Rideau Canal bridges and dams are prime candidates for sale." "Parks Canada to look at divesting highways, bridges and dams. Cash-strapped agency examines whether to divest non-heritage assets worth $8.3 billion dollars" by Dean Beeby, CBC News, August 26, 2017.

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House of Commons Ottawa November 22, 1991 Mr. Dennis Mills (Broadview-Greenwood) Liberal: ..."It concerns me that in one year, with the support of this bill (Bill C-3), its possible that there will be no Crown land assets left."

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The 4,000 acre Greenbelt Research Farm was an annex of the Central Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue:

The National Capital Commission paid $1 dollar for the Greenbelt Research Farm.

The Greenbelt Research Farm is bounded by Woodroffe, Hunt Club, Fallowfield and Greenbank Roads.

1995 - "The government of Canada is getting out of the business of running Experimental Farms."

The loss of Crown property.

House of Commons Ottawa July 15, 1963  Mr. Gauthier, Social Credit: "How many experimental farms does the Department of Agriculture operate in Canada and, of those, how many in the province of Quebec."

Mr. Bruce Silas Beer (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture) Liberal: "Apart from the research branch headquarters establishment in Ottawa, and two national research institutes located elsewhere in Ontario, the Department of Agriculture operates 39 research stations and experimental farms, six of which are located in the province of Quebec."

Agriculture Canada owned more than two million acres of land in 1985. 

This document is from 1998.

National Research Institutes with headquarters in Ottawa:

• Biosystematics Research Institute
• Chemistry and Biology Research Institute
• Engineering and Statistical Research Institute
• Food Research Institute
• Land Resource Research Institute

Agriculture Canada Experimental Farms

• Nappan Nova Scotia
• Buctouche New Brunswick
• La Pocatiere Quebec
• Normandin Quebec
• L'Assomption Quebec
• Ottawa Ontario
• Kapuskasing Ontario
• Thunder Bay Ontario
• Smithfield Ontario
• Fort Vermilion Alberta
• Indian Head Saskatchewan
• Prince George British Columbia

Agriculture Canada Research Stations 

• St. John's Newfoundland
• Kentville Nova Scotia
• Charlottetown Prince Edward Island
• Fredericton New Brunswick
• St-Foy Quebec
• St. Jean Quebec
• Lennoxville Quebec
• Vineland Ontario
• Delhi Ontario
• Harrow Ontario
• Ottawa Ontario
• London Ontario
• Lethbridge Alberta
• Lacombe Alberta
• Beaverlodge Alberta
• Swift Current Saskatchewan  
• Saskatoon Saskatchewan
• Melfort Saskatchewan
• Regina Saskatchewan
• Winnipeg Manitoba
• Brandon Manitoba
• Morden Manitoba
• Summerland British Columbia
• Kamloops British Columbia
• Vancouver British Columbia
• Agassiz British Columba
• Saanichton (Sidney) British Columbia

The information is from "The Canadian Encyclopedia" by Hurtig Publishing Ltd. 1985.

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The Experimental Farm in the future. The drawing is from Reimagine Ottawa.

Federal properties during the year 1985

 Parks in Ontario

• Rideau River Park
• Victoria Island
• Vincent Massey and Hogs Back Parks
• Parliament Hill Promenade
• Patterson Creek
• Garden of the Provinces
• Rockcliffe Park
• Rideau Falls Park
• Commissioners Park
• Other Parks

Parks in Quebec

• Gatineau Park
• Place du Portage Park
• Brewery Creek Shoreline
• Tache Park
• E.B. Eddy Park
• Fontaine Park
• Leamy Lake Park
• Moussette Park
• Linear Park
• Experimental Park-Hull
• Other Parks

Recreational Facilities

• Sound and Light
• Bicycle Paths
• Skating Rinks
• Dows Lake Marina
• Boat Tour Marina
• Champlain Golf Course
• Nature Trails
• La Baie Area
• Allotment Gardens
• Rideau Canoe Club
• Corkstown Road/Shirley's Bay
• Canoe Festival
• Festival Equipment
• Steam Train Facilities
• Stoney Swamp
• Mer Bleue
• LeBreton Flats Campsite
• Capital Golf Course
• Toboggan Slides
• Trail Exhibits
• Nepean Amphitheatre
• Bruce Pit
• Art Bank
• Equestrian Trails 
• Other Recreation Projects

Information is from the NCC 1984-1985 Annual Report. Pages 33 and 34 of 70.

Public Consultation on the Ottawa Hospital Site Review-Final Report November 4, 2016

 If a medical centre relocates to the Farm there will be irreversible damage to landscapes, views protection, agricultural research...

Cultural heritage - Impact on NCC parks or parkways; known or potential archaeological sites and federal, provincial or municipally recognized heritage properties. 

Views protection - Presence of identified government views that are not formally protected and rated "medium" "medium to high" or "high". High rise condos will obscure the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site and the hospital wants to expand vertically and horizontally.

 In my opinion the Civic and developers will take over Commissioners Park, the Arboretum and the site where the Royal Canadian Navy Curling Club is located. The Curling Club may have to vacate because their rent increased 1,000 percent. 

savecfbrockcliffe - Views of the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site cannot be hidden. The United Nations will remove the UNESCO designation if a hospital is built on the Farm, Google "May 2018, State of Conservation Report, Rideau Canal" and go to "November 14, 2019". Parks Canada told the UN that the Canadian government cannot protect the waterway.

Possible displacement of existing or planned public science facilities, for example agricultural research that is difficult or impossible to relocate to another site. (Page 11/79.) 

Natural environment - Presence of greenspace and/or natural habitat including the Central Experimental Farm forest, woodlands, lakes and wetlands, fields and parks. There may be damage to species at risk and critical habitat and water quality. (Page 12/79.) savecfbrockcliffe- The Arboretum Woods were protected by the City of Ottawa, Google: "urban natural features strategy City of Ottawa April 11, 2006. Table 1, Category 1." And the 22-acre Commissioners Park is part of the Greenbelt.

Public uses - Capital Pathway system may be affected.

Land needed for the new build should be 50 acres or more.  

Site configuration - An irregular parcel shape would require fundamental modifications. savecfbrockcliffe - I believe that the entire Dominion Observatory campus will be demolished because it is responsible for the irregular parcel shape; and being labeled a Classified Federal Heritage Building or a Recognized Federal Heritage Building does not prevent the destruction of Canadian landmarks. Also, the South Azimuth will be removed because Maple Drive is being widened to accommodate more than 100 emergency vehicle trips a day and Maple Drive is being realigned to make it straighter.

The South Azimuth on Maple Drive.

The Dominion Observatory. Wikipedia photo.