Why government buildings should be owned by the people.

1. GOC buildings were built by the people of Canada...they are Crown assets.
2. The C.D. Howe Building in Ottawa houses Industry Canada, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada and the Passport Office.
3.  I often visit Library and Archives Canada. Glenn Gould donated a voluminous amount of material to the Archives, including his hats and fingerless gloves, diaries and letters. An American woman stole Glenn Gould documents from LAC and tried to sell them on E-Bay, LAC officials flew down to Texas to retrieve the items. Many Canadians donated their archives to LAC, including architect Arthur Erickson, Malak Karsh, Moshe Safdie, Roloff Beny and Douglas Cardinal. Cultural property, donated in good faith, should remain in Canada; not scattered to the wind, or sold on the Internet.
4. In America, federal buildings are called symbols of democracy. The Americans would never sell the the National Archives in Washington D.C.; the Pentagon; the Smithsonian or any other world-renowned US government institution.