How globalization is affecting Canada.

We are losing federal and provincial Crown property, our sovereignty and iconic symbols.
House of Commons Debates  Ottawa   May 10, 2007.
Mr. Roy Cullen (Etobicoke North, Ontario.) Liberal.
     "...the list of recent takeovers is staggering: Inco, Falconbridge, Dofasco, Algoma Steel, Fairmont Hotels, Labatt, CN, Four Seasons Hotels and Hudson's Bay...The stated purpose of the Investment Canada Act is: --to encourage investments in Canada by Canadians and non-Canadians that contributes to economic growth and employment opportunities and to provide for the review of significant investments in Canada...Typically what happens is the following: a non-Canadian company convinces Industry Canada that their transaction will result in more investment and more jobs. Industry Canada signs off, perhaps after achieving some modest concessions, and the deal is approved. They are all approved, Mr. Speaker. What happens in the medium to long term to the companies that emerge from these transactions after the dust has settled? ...Plants are closed, corporate decision makers are located outside of Canada, and product mandates and core competencies are focused in jurisdictions outside of Canada...I have great faith in the markets, but markets alone do not always respond in ways that are beneficial to Canada. That is why Canadians elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons, to protect and assert their interests, not stand by and watch while our national assets are being eroded...We must stand up for Canada."
The Sparks Street Mall and Wellington Street in Ottawa.
All of the buildings and land in the area bounded by Wellington, Elgin, Sparks and Bank Street were purchased by the federal government "to protect the environment of Parliament from any development which could adversely affect it, and simutaneously provide the land for an appropriate expansion of parliamentary facilities and other government requirements." (A quote from the Hon. Jean-Eudes Dube, Minister of Public Works, July 20, 1973, House of Commons.)
However, the Parliamentary Precinct is currently the focus of a major redevelopment. The buildings on the Mall and Wellington Street will be subjected to facadism, whereby only the outer shell of the building is retained. High rise condominiums are then constructed behind the shell. I believe that a hotel is being eyed for the "infill" property beside the former American Embassy. "Infill is the rededication of land in an urban environment, usually open space to new construction." (Wikipedia.)
Videos that I created that are on YouTube: Government buildings on Wellington Street in Ottawa and Government Buildings on the Sparks Street Mall.

The buildings on the north side of the Mall are still owned by Public Works and they are protected by heritage laws.
 Senate Bill S-203 was introduced by Senator Serge Joyal and will prevent any demolition/ redevelopment on Wellington opposite Parliament Hill. The Bill passed second reading in November of 2019 and will also ban new construction within a buffer zone.
Architectural companies from all over the world are part of a design competition pertaining to the Parliamentary Precinct. The people of Canada collectively own this property. The Americans would never permit the redesign or the demolition of landmarks near the White House and Lafayette Park. During the years 1961 and 1962 my family and I lived in Virginia and Maryland and we visited the White House, the park, the Mint, Smithsonian and many other landmarks.

In 1961 my Dad produced and was the host of a television program in Virginia "The House Detective."

My Dad interviewing the owner of a used car lot.

My family moved back to Canada and "The House Detective" was produced at CJOH television in Ottawa.

The Trudeau government refused to sell the CN hotels to the Hilton corporation.

The Foreign Investment Review Agency vs. the Investment Canada Act. The Foreign Investment Review Agency was created by the Parliament of Canada in 1973 "to ensure that foreign acquisitions and establishment of businesses was beneficial to Canada." The agency limited or banned foreign control in the communications, natural resources and transport sectors of the economy.

Who will buy the 20 provincial parks that Alberta is closing and partly closing. Including the UNESCO protected Dinosaur Provincial Park.

The privatization of an Ontario highway. Highway 407 is now partly owned by Spain.

Parks Canada should cancel any plan to sell $8 billion dollars worth of infrastructure in the National Parks. That includes highways. The Icefields Parkway runs through Banff and Jasper National Parks.