Friday, December 20, 2019

Access Denied. I was denied permission to read the 99-year lease agreement between the federal government and the Ottawa Hospital.

The lease agreement pertains to 50 acres of public land at 930 Carling Avenue and 520 Preston Street. The reasons why I cannot gain access to the voluminous document:
---A third party is involved.
---I do not have a valid reason for wanting to see the document.
---The lease may not have been finalized. (Note: There is a "hold" on the project because several investigations have not been carried out.-AC, creator of this blog.)
Reasons why I should be allowed to see the lease.
1.)  I am a citizen of Canada and I own this land.
2.)  Canada is not a plutocracy where public land is funneled to entities behind closed doors. Whenever federal real estate is sold or given away there should be transparency and accountability. As the collective owners of Crown assets, the people of Canada should have the power to veto any disposal of real estate that will:
-take away green space.
-result in the demolition of designated heritage buildings.
-result in the foreign ownership of Dominion Buildings, landmarks including 1,000 lighthouses, our National Parks...
---result in the ownership of Crown properties by multinational corporations including CN Rail, Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, Fairmont Hotel's and Resorts...

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The Preston-Carling District Secondary Plan is a pack of lies.
The lie:
"Ev Tremblay Park will be enhanced and expanded through design and extensive programming to service the existing and new residents and families."
The truth:
Ev Tremblay Park will never be expanded because the Humane Society parcel at 101 Champagne was sold to a developer who constructed a couple of condominiums.
The lie:
"Preston Street as well as the neighbourhood known as Little Italy are defining elements of the District's identity...The enhanced public realm throughout the area will allow for festivals such as the traditional Italian Week to continue to celebrate the culture and people of this colourful District."
The truth:
Italian Week was celebrated at Queen Juliana Park which was recently given to the Ottawa Hospital. The park was also a venue for:
---The Tulip Festival.
---The JDRF Diabetes Foundation Walk.
---Ottawa Humane Society events.
---Canada Day celebrations.
(Google: Proposed Secondary Plan text - 2018-05-14, City of Ottawa, page 2/31.)

Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association newsletter-September 15, 2017.
"The Mixed Use Centre  (MC F (1.5) zoning has been designated for Queen Juliana Park and the existing parking lot at the corner of Preston and Carling. The MC zone allows for a parking garage, a parking lot, a drive-through facility, but does not include the notion of a park (even a small park) as one of the uses."
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A few of the members of Save Little Italy. Former Somerset Ward Councillor Diane Holmes is pictured on the left.







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