"It is the policy of the government to acquire, manage and retain real property only to support the delivery of government programs..." (1989 Treasury Board document, see page 72 of the google book "Managing Government Property Assets: International Experiences" by Olga Kaganova.)
That is not true.
When the Canada Lands Company acquires a federal property, the taxpayers of this country often have to pay for the construction of brand new facilities.
Corrections Canada
Canadians will have to pay for a new prison in Kingston, Ontario when the following prisons are "disposed of":
Kingston Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Joyceville
Warkworth
Regional Treatment Centre
Millhaven
(from: Page 197/255 of "A Roadmap for Strengthening Public Safety".)
Old War Museum on Sussex Drive
The new War Museum was built on the LeBreton Flats in Ottawa.
Veteran's Affairs
The original Veteran's Affairs complex on 363 Smyth Road in Ottawa was demolished, and townhouses and executive houses were constructed on the site. The National Defence Medical Centre is now designated as "surplus", and will be transferred to the CLC. Another veteran's hospital is now located in Alta Vista.
Library and Archives Canada, Wellington Street Ottawa.
The building is no longer included in the "Federal Directory of Real Property" register. The City of Ottawa and the Government of Canada are planning to build a super library on the grounds of LeBreton Flats.
CN Rail Properties
Via Rail had to build new train stations after Canada Lands Company acquired the real estate assets of the Canadian National Railway. The CNR was privatized by the Chretien government in 1995. Most of the Via stations cannot compare architecturally to the original train stations. And why were the Canadian National Railway real estate properties not transferred to Via Rail, to the people of Canada?
the railway lines
train stations
hotels
300-acre Moncton Shops
bridges
tunnels
CN Towers in Toronto; London, Ontario and Edmonton
roundhouses
office buildings
Via (the taxpayers of Canada) has to pay Bill Gates and his cronies at CN Rail to use the remaining CNR railway tracks. Bill Gates and Prince al Waleed bin Talal and Carl Icahn did not build the Canadian National Railway, but they sure profited from the sale of the Crown corporation. The Canadian National Railway and the CPR united Canada; the CNR made it possible for people from coast to coast to coast to travel, and the tickets were not expensive. The CNR also provided services like delivering mail to remote communities.
A German-Canadian businessman named Karl-Heinz Schreiber told a reporter that the Americans and Europeans were involved in a conspiracy to stop the train industry in Canada.
Karl-Heinz Schreiber told Der Spiegel about "the most horrible Watergate scandal" that was ongoing in Canada.
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| A Via Rail stationette in the town of Smiths Falls, Ontario. |
Natural Resources Canada - Booth Street Complex, Ottawa
The CANMET Laboratory was relocated to the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton, Ontario.
Dominion Public Building, Front Street West Toronto
1,500 Government of Canada employees were evicted from the site when the CLC bought the property.
Canada Post
Tunney's Pasture
Canadian Forces Base Downsview, Toronto
The original Denison Armoury was demolished in 2002, and the land was sold to a big box store and condominium developers. Another Denison Armoury was constructed in 2003 for $42 million dollars.
The Ralston Dominion Building, Halifax
The building will be flattened during the spring of 2019. Canada Revenue Agency employees were transferred to the Bayers Lake Business Park, Halifax.
Kapyong Barracks, Winnipeg
Air cadets aged 12 to 18 years were evicted by the CLC from their meeting place at the Kapyong Barracks. When the property was owned by DND the cadets did not have to pay any rent. See the CBC article "Air cadets booted from barracks" October 21, 2011.
Griesbach Barracks, Edmonton
The CLC bought the 650-acre property, mainly comprised of military housing, and privatized the site .Now, soldiers at CFB Edmonton cannot afford to live in the city, see the article "Troops losing housing war: Can't afford to live in Edmonton" by Andrew Hanon, Sun Media June 1, 2007.
Canadian Border Services Agency
Canada Lands Company will acquire the property at 3139 Oxford Street in Halifax in 2019.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The former RCMP Headquarters in Toronto, Ontario were converted into a hotel. 225 Jarvis Street is called the Grand Hotel and Suites. RCMP officers were relocated to London,Ontario.
An RCMP forensics laboratory at 3151 Oxford Street, Halifax is now being shut down, and the building and land will be transferred to CLC.
The Canada Lands Company acquired a 21-acre RCMP property in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, the Heather Street land. A new Government of Canada building was constructed for the displaced RCMP staff, who were moved to Surrey, British Columbia.
Dominion Building in Manitoba
1039 Princess Avenue in Brandon is now on the market for $4,100,000 dollars. Five government departments are located in the building---
Employment and Social Development Canada
Correctional Service of Canada
Canada Revenue Agency
Veteran's Affairs Canada
Industry Canada
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| The Manitoba Dominion Building, 1039 Princess Avenue in Brandon is for sale. |
Robert Charest was a Canada Lands Company employee, see the article "Canada Lands is no stranger to scrutiny" by Andrew McIntosh, National Post 11.1.02.
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| Let the Future Begin - 1997. All federal property in Canada will be transferred to Canada Lands Company. |
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