Thursday, August 15, 2019

Government holdings.

 During the early 1980's I worked as a cleaning lady at the nearby Conference Centre. I never had enough money to buy a house, but I and millions of other Canadians owned--- lighthouses; post offices; Agriculture Canada experimental farms; post offices; military bases; Fisheries and Oceans harbours; federal prisons; CBC real estate; 100 acres of Harbourfront in Toronto; National Parks; the Rideau Canal; scenic highways;100 acres of waterfront land in Toronto belonging to the Crown corporation Harbourfront;

A Fraser Institute document.
The Trudeau government should create a new law entitled "The Endangered Federal Landmarks Act" (2019). This law would preserve and protect Canadian properties that are outstanding examples of Canada's railway, maritime, military, agricultural, aeronautical, penitentiary, postal and architectural history. A list of endangered historical buildings and landscapes in my country:
The Chateau Laurier Hotel - new addition may be added to the hotel.
Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada - inappropriate redevelopment on land next to the Rideau Canal ---for example the demolition of buildings/ construction of new buildings.
Dominion Public Building - Toronto - a Canada Customs and Revenue Canada Building.
Peggy's Cove, the Bonavista Lighthouse and 1,000 more lighthouses - part of our maritime history.
The Almonte, Ontario Dominion Building - currently for sale, a former post office and Canada Customs Building.
The Higinbotham Dominion Building, Lethbridge, Alberta - currently for sale - a former post office/Manpower/ Canada Customs Building.
The Central Experimental Farm - Carling Avenue, Ottawa. Currently the focus of a major institutional and residential redevelopment.
Kingston Penitentiary - Kingston, Ontario.
Prison for Women - Kingston, Ontario.
Grain elevators - a vanishing silhouette.
The Espace 400e Pavilion, 100 Quai Saint-Andre, City of Quebec - currently for sale.
The Greenbelt that surrounds Ottawa.
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"The Foreign Investment Review Agency" was created in 1973.

The Dominion Public Building, One Front Street West. Toronto.


Photographs I took of Princess Diana at the official opening of the Ottawa Police Station on Elgin Street - June 1983. Earlier in the day Prince Charles and Princess Diana attended a Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Chateau Laurier Hotel.
                                     



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