How to save the Lebreton Flats from inappropriate, mass redevelopment.

1.)  Enforce the National Interest Land Mass rule.
                               National Interest Land Mass General Description (map attached.)
     The National Interest Land Mass consists of "national shrines, the river and canal banks, the Confederation Boulevard, the Gatineau Park, and the Greenbelt in the National Capital Region...considered essential to the realization of the vision of the Capital..."
     There are 37 individual parcels of property in this category currently owned by the NCC totalling some 44,200 ha. in area. (94 per cent of the total NCC holdings in the area.)
     Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the NCC on behalf of the government in perpetuity, for purposes which lie at the core of the NCC's mandate.
                             NCC NILM Lands in Ontario.
     Part of Lebreton Flats N. of the transitway - 65.37 ha. or 161 acres.
NCC LANDS HAVING A POTENTIAL FOR INCLUSION IN THE NILM.
Lebreton Flats - 35.0 ha. or 86 acres.
(Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC.)
2.)  Enforce the height restrictions for new construction near the Parliamentary Precinct.
3.)  Designate the Lebreton Flats a National Historic Site of Canada. Senator Serge Joyal recently introduced Senate Bill S-203, to ban the construction of inappropriate buildings (especially high rise condominiums) on or near historic landscapes in the National Capital Region.
4.)  During the late 1960's plans were underway to create a Western Annex to the Parliamentary Precinct on the Lebreton Flats.
5.) Turn the Flats into a Capital Park.
6.)  Recognize the fact that nearby streets cannot handle any more traffic.
     "As a resident of the Preston Street neighbourhood, I have serious concerns about traffic from an arena or large public events venues. The roads as they stand are clogged at rush hour...There would need to be MAJOR incentives for folks to use public transit."
     "How will parking be handled? If bringing visitors/tourists to the area, where do they park."
     "The proposal notes that hundreds of thousands of visitors can be expected for each attraction. These hundreds of thousands of people will not all use public transit. The roads surrounding LeBreton Flats cannot handle such traffic, nor can the surrounding residential streets support the thousands of cars that continuously search for parking spots." (From: Public Consultation on the Redevelopment of LeBreton Flats, Final Report, April 28, 2016.)
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House of Commons Debates pertaining to Lebreton.
February 23, 1965
Mr. Cardin (Minister of Public Works.) Liberal.
     "...Some time ago a decision was reached to construct the Department of National Defence headquarters building in the Lebreton flats area. At that time it was also decided that other government buildings should be located in the same area, forming a government complex of office buildings in the area from Parliament Hill west to lebreton flats."
October 22, 1969
Mr. Barry Mather, New Democratic Party.
     "...Is the Government of Canada giving favourable consideration to the establishment of a national park in the Lebreton Flats area in Ottawa?"