The Dominion Public Building - Known as "Canada's Buckingham Palace."
The Dominion Public Building at 1 Front Street West in Toronto. Canadians owned this landmark until the year 2018. |
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The Summerhill Train Station in Toronto, Ontario; now owned by the LCBO. |
The Fraser Institute is calling for the denationalization of Canadian government properties in the province of British Columbia---Canada Post, Canada Mortgage and Housing, Veterans Affairs...And the Fraser Institute wants to see the devolution of all the National Parks in British Columbia to the provincial government of BC.
During the 1970's, the Higginbotham Building housed Canada Post, Manpower, Canada Customs and other federal government departments. In 1973, my Mother received a federal grant, a Local Initiatives Project (LIP) grant. Her project, CONCERN, provided free services to elderly and disabled Lethbridge citizens---the employees mowed lawns, drove people to medical appointments, painted houses, etc.
My Mother rented an office in the Professional Building, right next to Dominion Building; and I accompanied her when she selected furniture and equipment from the Higginbotham warehouse.
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I am pictured second from the left on the Higginbotham Building loading dock, 1973. |
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