Canadian public real estate scandals.

     Public land and taxpayers money were used to house and create venues for Expo '67, the Montreal 1976 Olympics, Harbourfront in Toronto and many other events. The land and buildings were then privatized or demolished to make way for high-rise condo developments.

1.) Harbourfront in Toronto - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and civic leaders in Toronto created Harbourfront, a cultural centre on the waterfront. The Centre and its 100 acres of land were supposed to be public lands in perpetuity, for future generations. However, the Canada Lands Company and a Hong Kong developer eventually bought most of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway land on the harbourfront. Toronto's waterfront is now wall-to-wall high rise condominiums, the only people who can see Lake Ontario are apartment dwellers. The area has been nicknamed "Toronto's Wall of China".

2.) Jericho Beach, Vancouver - RCAF aircraft hangars were re purposed and new buildings were constructed for the 1976 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. To see the video, google "Habitat 1 - CBC.ca". The video is located at the bottom of the page. The RCAF buildings are gone.

3.)Expo 67 in Montreal -

4.) Montreal 1976 Olympics - The Portsmouth Olympic Harbour ,Kingston; Athlete's Village in Montreal and the Olympic Stadium were 1976 Olympic venues.
 The Federal Government of Canada and Ontario Provincial Government wanted the harbour to remain public, read on:

Montreal Olympics Official Report 1976 Volume Two
Page 215/238

The site of the Olympic Yachting Centre was Portsmouth Harbour in Kingston, Ontario.
"Reconstruction of the harbor began in March 1974. Since the facility would later remain available to the public, the government of Ontario provided funds for the purchase of the land, and the federal government shared the cost of installations."
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) were involved with dredging and construction of harbour facilities.
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5.) The Skydome/Rogers Centre was built on the grounds of a demolished Canadian National Railway roundhouse, the Spadina Roundhouse. Canada Lands Company owns the land beneath the Skydome. The Skydome hotel was privatized. Taxpayers of Canada spent $600 million dollars to build the Rogers Centre.

6.) Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto - CNE