Federal government buildings are symbols of democracy.

All of the properties along Wellington Street opposite Parliament Hill in Ottawa are the focus of an international design competition. This is so wrong. Foreign architects should be banned from any project involving national, Crown-owned properties.
 1.)  House of Commons Debates   Ottawa   May 20, 1971.
Mr. Jack Cullen (Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario.) Liberal.
     " Although it is somewhat foreign to my own field, I want to talk about architects...Architects in Canada, as we know, plan and design private residences, office buildings, theatres, public buildings, factories and other structures, and organizes the services necessary for their construction. They consult with a client to determine size and space regulations, and provide information regarding costs, design, materials and equipment.
...Architects have other problems to meet, such as those caused by the changing seasons we have in Canada. How can an architect from the state of California, knowing nothing about winter conditions in Canada, claim he is in a position to plan the types of buildings that we need."(From: Request for copy of a study regarding development of guidelines to establish Canadian Equivalence of Foreign Degrees and Diplomas.)

2.)  The government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau expropriated all the of buildings across from Parliament Hill on Wellington, and along Sparks Street Mall in 1973, in order to save them; and to expand the Parliamentary Precinct:
House of Commons Debates   Ottawa    July 20, 1973.
Hon. Jean-Eudes Dube (Minister of Public Works) Liberal.
     "Mr. Speaker, for a number of years it has been recognized that Parliament faces a severe space problem creating a limitation of its effective operation. As Parliament has become, through its committees and in other ways, even more involed in all aspects of the nation's life, it has become much more a year round operation and space available has fallen behind its needs as they have developed in the modern era.
    "Moreover, concern has been expressed about the danger of visual encroachment on the beauty of the present parliamentary precinct, which is one of the great symbols of Canada. We must ensure that nearby developments do not adversely affect it and furthermore, we have an opportunity, I believe, to enhance the present precinct by enlarging and therefore completing it in a fitting manner.
     "To properly house the expanding requirements of Parliament for generations ahead in a way that would both compliment and preserve the existing beauty of the Parliament Buildings we must enlarge the present parliamentary grounds.
     "I wish therefore to announce Mr. Speaker, that I have today, on behalf of the government, filed a notice of intent to expropriate the land and buildings in the area bounded by Wellington Street, Elgin Street, Sparks Street and Bank Street. The purpose of this expropriation is as I have indicated to protect the environment of Parliament from any development which could adversely affect it...The property of the United States Embassy has been excluded from this expropriation but discussions are well advanced for its acquisition. (Emphasis mine.)
     "I should like to add a few words, Mr. Speaker, with respect to the existing properties and especially the Sparks Street Mall. It is the government's intention that until Parliament's needs have been fully defined there will be no disturbances whatsoever of the existing properties. This will be especially true of the commercial operations on Sparks Street....I want to assure everyone involved that on the Mall it will be business as usual."

3.) Senate Bill S-203 was introduced in November 2019 by Senator Serge Joyal. The Bill has already passed the Second Reading and will stop any demolition, alteration, facadism, infill developments etc. of historic buildings along Wellington and Rideau Streets known as the Parliamentary Precinct.

4.)  The design competition is international. Foreign companies should not have the power to strip Canadian Maple Leaf Flags from government buildings, or build office towers that are taller than the Parliament Buildings/Peace Tower. Also, they should not remove the names of significant people from an edifice. 

5.)  Prime Minister Mulroney and Deputy Prime Minister Erik Nielsen designated many sites in Ottawa "National Interest Land Mass" properties, to protect them from redevelopment. The City has identified 13,800 acres of the Greenbelt that could be removed from the Greenbelt and used for housing. 

6.)  Canadian politicians have always encouraged the participation of home-grown architects in national projects:
House of Commons Debates   Ottawa  April 28, 1965.
The Hon. Mitchell Sharp (Minister of Trade and Commerce) Liberal.
     "Habitat '67 can best be described as a housing complex rather than an apartment building. It will be constructed on the Expo '67 site by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition...Moshe Safdie and Associated Architects are the designers of the building...The design was not the result of an architectural competition."