House of Commons Debates Ottawa April 29, 1974. Alleged denial to public of access to telescope at observatory at Experimental Farm.
MP Peter Reilly (Ottawa West) PC:
"Mr. Speaker, this question should really be directed to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources but in his absence I will direct it to the right hon. Prime Minister. It has to do with the telescope at what used to be called the Dominion Observatory at the experimental farm and for all I know may now be called Stars Canada. Why has government decided to deny further access to this telescope by the general public, including as many as 10,000 students each year, by packing it up and getting rid of it?"
Right Hon. P.E. Trudeau (Prime Minister):
"Mr. Speaker, calling it Stars Canada shows the little regard that the hon. member has for bilingualism in this country. As to the rest of the question, I am afraid I must refer it to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources who is addressing the Canadian Manufacturers Association in Montreal today, but his parliamentary secretary will be glad to refer this interesting question to him."
"Let's share and celebrate the Dominion Observatory" by Michael Wolfson, PhD University of Ottawa-January 23, 2019, Ottawa Citizen.
" .....The Dominion Telescope could be taken out of storage and returned to its original home. The building could become a public space and museum and its old seismometers, precision clocks, transit telescopes and other irreplaceable artefacts could be displayed in their original locations. Public viewing and stargazing on clear nights could resume... Don't make the hospital building so high that it blocks the sight lines for the planet views from the dome." (Note: The hospital is going to be 20 storeys high. The nearby Booth Street campus is a National Interest Land Mass and new buildings cannot be tall or they will interfere with astronomical data. Also, the National Capital Commission cannot subdivide or sell NILM properties. There are wide buffer zones that surround the observatory Victoria B.C. and the Griffith Park planetarium in Los Angeles, California. savecfbrockcliffe.)
Buffer zones are necessary for the transmission of signals between planetary systems.
House of Commons Ottawa June 14, 1972.
Mr. Randolph Harding (Kootenway West) NDP.
".....That the matter of the White Lake Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory and the severe damage which will result to its outstanding research facilities from encroaching land subdivisions be referred to the Standing Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates for study and report."
House of Commons Ottawa June 26, 1972.
Mr. Randolph Harding (Kootenay West) NDP.
"The future of this site and its research potential is in serious danger from possible land developments...We can have both an outstanding research facility and a park area,"
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Dr. Wolfson: ".....Don't install unnecessarily bright lights facing the observatory or anywhere else around the hospital." (Note: Bright lights will be installed for safety and security reasons. During the year 2008 a new Royal Ottawa Hospital was built on Carling Avenue. Nearby residents complained about light pollution or light trespass from the sign "Royal Ottawa Hospital". The interior of their houses were invaded by the light. Their comments:
"The Royal Ottawa is a mental health facility, not a hospital with emergency services."
"I just think its bizarre they put it up. It's not Vegas."
"We spent a year asking them nicely and they spent a year ignoring us."Google: Ground lease agreement, Greenbelt Alliance of Canada's Capital, 2018, page 10/70. A local resident photographed the ROH sign at night:
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| "Royal Ottawa's glowing sign sparks anger". Ottawa Citizen newspaper. |
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