Canada is one of the richest countries in the world. Why is federal Crown property being sold to billion dollar multinationals like Amazon.

1.)  Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario - The Lebreton Flats are the focus of a massive residential and commercial development. Homeless people who are camped out near the flats are currently being given eviction notices. In my opinion, hundreds of fire resistant modular homes should be constructed on Lebreton Flats. Federal politicians John Baird and John Manley suggested that the entire site could be "Ottawa's Central Park."

2.)  The former Daly Building, 555 Mackenzie,Ottawa Ontario. Preserving the land as a park was never an option for the National Capital Commission.

The Daly Building.

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Books have been written about the privatization of federal public land and buildings in my country:
The State's Estate: Devaluing and revaluing "surplus" public land in Canada. - August 2, 2017. Abstract: Since the mid-1990's, Canadian public real property (land, buildings and equipment) has been subject to regular scrutiny through bureaucratic procedures aimed at ridding the state's estate of all "surplus" properties. Surplus is transferred to Canada Lands Company, a state-owned enterprise charged with privatizing public land.
Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governing and Policy Making in Canada - 2012-McGill/Queen's University Press:
"If social forces can become involved before federal property is transferred to Canada Lands there is a greater likelihood of influence over the ultimate disposal, since it remains in the sphere of public demands upon government. Once Canada Lands Company has title the issue shifts to a business model; Canada Lands must operate according to commercial principles. In these conditions, bringing public influence to bear becomes much more difficult."