Federal properties that may be sold in the future

1.)  The Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario, also known as The Big House. The Pen apparently is worth $17 million dollars. Giving a federal property an appraised value is usually a kiss of death.

2.)  Canada Place in Vancouver was built using Canadian tax dollars. The Fraser Institute wants to see the landmark privatized:

Canada Place, Vancouver, created for Expo 86. (Photo from Wikipedia)

3.) All the National Parks in British Columbia. The Fraser Institute is calling for the devolution of the following National  Parks to the B.C provincial government:

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada

Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada

Glacier National Park of Canada

Yoho National Park of Canada - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kootenay National Park of Canada - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.

4.) The 672-acre Blair Rifle Range and Mountain Forest (CMHC), North Vancouver, British Columbia may be privatized. As far back as 1995 there were plans to change the site:

                                               ORDER IN COUNCIL
National Housing Act - 1995-1825 - Authority to enter into a SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT between the Crown, the Province of BRITISH COLUMBIA and the CANADA MORTGAGE AND HOUSING CORPORATION which provides for future changes in the active party responsible for the development of the land comprised of the former BLAIR RIFLE RANGE, located in the District of North Vancouver.

The "piece of vacant land" in North Vancouver that the Fraser Institute is probably referring to is the Blair Rifle Range, sold in the year 1967 to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Years ago, the land was worth almost $80 million dollars.

5.) The entire Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa may be sold off. In the year 1998, the National Capital Commission tried to buy the Experimental Farm for one dollar:

                                        OTTAWA CITIZEN- 24 August 1998 article by Tom Spears
     "Behind closed doors: With no one allowed to watch and listen, members of the National Capital Commission ponder making deals with Nortel, battling El Nino and buying the Central Experimental Farm for $1 dollar."

And in 1975, former head of the National Capital Commission Douglas Fullerton recommended the sale of most of the Central Experimental Farm to companies that would create 7,000 houses on the land--- see my blog "Federal properties in Canada that were sold off or demolished".

A 1974 Ottawa Journal article about the Ottawa Experimental Farm.

6.) The Fraser Institute (again) is calling for the privatization of the Crown corporation Canada Post, and the sale of all of its buildings:

The Fraser Institute wants to see the demise of Canada Post.