Plans are underway to demolish half of the Kingston Penitentiary, so that residential towers, a hotel and townhouses can be built on the site. Much of Canada's railway and military history is gone, thanks to out-of-control federal Crown corporations:
1.) The Spadina roundhouse in Toronto was removed to make way for the Skydome/Rogers Centre.
2.) The Kingston Ontario CNR train station...gone.
3.) The National Capital Commission planned to demolish the CNR train station in Ottawa, now the Conference Centre - read "NCC blunders".
4.) the Parkdale and Sunnyside train stations in Toronto - gone.
Many federal Crown corporations in Canada are permitted to keep all the money from the sale of land and buildings to developers.
PUBLIC LAND THAT IS OWNED BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
The Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston, Ontario is a Department of Fisheries and Oceans property. Canada Lands Company plans to buy the site.
In Richmond, British Columbia there was tremendous opposition to the proposed massive redevelopment of a Fisheries and Oceans Canada property the Garden City Lands:
1.) Petition Update - Garden City Land GRAB
2.) Save Garden City - the Coalition request to Canada Lands Company.
The 136.5 acre Garden City Lands were eventually purchased by the City of Richmond, and the entire parcel of land is a public park.
The Upton Farm in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island is now green space, thanks to federal, provincial and municipal politicians:
Federal Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz, who also saved the Ravenwood Experimental Farm in Charlottetown.
Prince Edward Island Premier Pat Binns
Prince Edward Island Premier Robert Ghiz
Member of Federal Parliament Shawn Murphy
Conservative Candidate Tom DeBois
Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee
City MLA's
The song "Help Save Old Upton Farm" is on YouTube.
The 246-acre parcel of land was bought by the province of PEI, Upton Farm is a public park.
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| The 246-acre former Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Experimental Farm. |
The Old Town of Lunenburg and the Historic District of Old Quebec are UNESCO World Heritage sites in Canada. It is time for Kingston, Ontario to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
To keep the Kingston Pen and Prison for Women from being dynamited out of existence. To save Rockwood and the Portsmouth Harbour.
Former American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and many other people helped to save Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Mayor Beame:
Dear Mayor Beame: Is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her proud moments, until there is nothing left of all her history and beauty to inspire our children? If they are not inspired by the past of our city where will they find the strength to fight for our future? Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.
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