A 2015 City of Ottawa report:
"The property located west of the O-Train south of Carling Avenue, known by some residents as Queen Juliana Park, is neither municipal nor a National Capital Commission park in land use terms. The property is owned by the Federal Government. It was used as a war-time facility until the early 1970.s. It is designated Mixed-Use Centre in the Official Plan." (Both of the quotes are from:queen juliana park skyscraper forum february 2015---(845 carling) 190.5, Skyscraper Page Forum.)
The people of Ottawa were misled. They were under the impression that a Civic Hospital was being constructed on the grounds of the Sir John Carling Building. But twelve acres of that 60 acre land deal were rezoned without our knowledge, and now residential towers will be built along Carling Avenue.
Did PWGSC sell the park to Ottawa Community Housing? The ghetto known as Regent Park in Toronto was federally owned by Canada Mortgage and Housing before it was sold to Toronto Community Housing.
As I have said before, during the 1990's I watched Ottawa City Council meetings on television, on Rogers Cable/CPAC. During one meeting I heard a councillor predict that "One day a wall of condos will line Carling Avenue on both sides of the street." I did not believe her because I thought the Experimental Farm was untouchable. Commissioner's Park is also endangered because it is too valuable, too strategically located to be left in the hands of ordinary people.
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The Royal Family in England is the biggest landowner in the United Kingdom---the Sandringham Estate encompasses 20,000 acres, Balmoral Estate is 50,000 acres...
Yet the people of Canada have lost:
Part of the Ottawa Experimental Farm.
1,000 lighthouses
30 Agriculture Canada experimental farms including the Nepean Experimental Farm.
CMHC properties
14 major military bases
Canada Post buildings
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation buildings.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada search and rescue stations-The government of Justin Trudeau reopened the Kitsilano British Columbia Coast Guard base.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Kitsilano Coast Guard base. |
The Sir John Carling Building can be seen in the distance.I found this document in a book at the downtown Ottawa Public Library. |
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