Canadians are traumatized, when national landmarks are demolished.

     Half of the Kingston Penitentiary will be reduced to rubble, thanks to local politicians in Kingston, Ontario and a federal Crown corporation.
The Pen is a National Historic Site of Canada; a former Classified Federal Heritage Building; a landmark that could last 4 thousand years because of the construction materials used and fine workmanship.
The Kingston Penitentiary Proposal
     "The proposal...recommends preserving roughly half of the existing federally owned penitentiary grounds as is for 'tourism and heritage purposes'. The other half of the grounds-mostly the southern portion, closer to the waterfront - could be re purposed for commercial or residential development, including towers as high as 25 storeys".
(From:" Sailing Centre, waterfront park touted for Kingston Penitentiary redevelopment" - written by Trevor Pritchard, CBC Radio's All in a Day, 2017).

Are you people insane? I don't even live in Kingston, yet I would feel demoralized if I saw a video showing the Kingston Pen imploding, I would probably break down and cry.
 How do you think the people of Kingston will feel, when they see and hear the explosions that level the southern portion of the Pen? You are tearing the heart and soul out of this community, Canada Lands Company.

The President of the Frontenac Heritage Foundation Floyd Patterson said:
      "The federal government has the power to demolish them. (the KP buildings) However we concluded that would be absolutely atrocious, grievous, scandalous". (From:"Group tries to get Kingston Penitentiary heritage status" written by Peter Hendra, Toronto Sun.)
     The word "nationalism" is defined as:

1.) loyalty and devotion to a nation; especially: a sense of national consciousness.
1.c) exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups. (Mirriam-Webster)

The international agency UNESCO protects endangered archaeological sites, heritage buildings, land masses, military fortifications, former prisons.
It's time to get UNESCO involved. Canada's cultural history is more important than  25-storey high rise buildings. Our collective morale, our sense of pride as a country are more important than a real estate developer's bank account. Symbols unite us---our Maple Leaf Flag, Coat of Arms, Dominion Buildings, National Anthem O Canada and landmarks, including the Kingston Pen, the Prison for Women and Collins Bay Pen.

Kingston Penitentiary (Photo from Wikipedia)