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| The "various federal real estate holdings" included 100,000 acres of land and irreplaceable railway stations. At one point, plans were underway to demolish Ottawa's Union Station, now known as The Conference Centre. |
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| A Privy Council Order-in-Council, approved by the Governor General of Canada, that resulted in the privatization of part of RCAF/CFB Downsview in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| The Privy Council Orders-in-Council that resulted in the loss (to the People of Canada) of the Canadian National Railway hotels. Our Taj Mahal's. Empire State Buildings and Palaces of Versailles. (1988). |
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| Ottawa Journal article about The Farm - 1974. |
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| Ottawa's Experimental Farm - 1983. |
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| Another Order-in-Council. This time, 91 acres of Experimental Farm land in Ottawa were sold in 1988. Federal Agriculture Ministers Bud Olson and Eugene Whelan resisted pressure from National Capital Commission Chairman Doug Fullerton to sell a large portion of the Farm to real estate entities, the Ministers said the Farm was "untouchable." |
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