The Rideau Canal may be privatized.

It should be owned by the people of Canada in perpetuity.

A treaty was signed between Great Britain and Canada when the waterway was transferred to the Canadian government.

House of Commons  Ottawa  June 1, 1950.

George Taylor Fulford (Leeds, Ontario) Liberal.

Mr. Fulford:

     "...As we all know, the Rideau canal is of particular historic importance. It was built after the War of 1812 by British army engineers. There was a rather quaint treaty signed between Great Britain and Canada when the canal system was handed over to Canada. One of the clauses said that Canada would maintain the canal system as long as the grass was green and the skies were blue."

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The Rideau Canal lands from downtown Ottawa to Hog's Back Road are part of the of the National Interest Land Mass. They encompass 90 hectares or 222 acres. National Interest Land Mass properties can never be sold or subdivided and they include:

the Lebreton Flats.

the Central Experimental Farm.

the Greenbelt.

Gatineau Park.

Victoria Island.

Pts of Wellington in front of Chateau Laurier and the Conference Centre and land to the E. of the Conference Centre, also lands N. of Wellington between the Rideau Canal locks & the Chateau Laurier and Major Hill Park. Also the approach to Alexandra Bridge and the new Art Gallery site. 9.45 ha.

PM's residence.

7 Rideau Gate (Guest House).

G.G.'s residence Rideau Hall.

more...

"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." Google: 1988-01-15-tb-re-ncc.

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My grandparents home was located near Merrickville, Ontario, part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The area was founded by the United Empire Loyalists. I spent many years of my life in towns and villages adjacent to the Rideau Canal... Merrickville, Portland and Smiths Falls. You will privatize the Rideau Canal over my dead body. I am standing in front of my grandparents home in 1956:

Why I believe that the government of Canada is planning to sell the Rideau Canal:

1.)   "Parks Canada to look at divesting highways, bridges, dams" (CBC News August 26, 2017.) The Rideau Canal has 53 dams and many bridges.

2.)   Google: "May 2018 State of Conservation Report, Rideau Canal" go to "November 14, 2019."

3.)  Parks Canada did not intervene when a developer bought land that was owned by Veterans Affairs  near Hog's Back. Ottawa Mayor Bob Chiarelli and City Council wanted to buy the 88-acre Moffat Farm so that it could remain a green space but the National Capital Commission turned down their offer. The NCC appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board when there was a reluctance to rezone the Moffat Farm.

4.)  Foreign entities profit from the denationalization of Canadian Crown assets. 

Bill Gates and Company - Canadian National Railway.

Six Flags -is renting La Ronde from the City of Montreal. La Ronde was the Expo 67 amusement park.

(Barry Diller of Paramount and Fox News was interested in acquiring the CBC's transmission towers, more than 600, and thousands of transmitters. The eventual buyer signed a non-disclosure agreement.)

Fairmont - Canadian National Railway hotels including Chateau Laurier, Hotel Macdonald, Hotel Vancouver, Jasper Park Lodge, Fort Garry Hotel, Bessborough, Nova Scotian and Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

The Trudeau government refused to sell the Chateau Laurier to Hilton during the 1970's. The Canada Pavilion at Epcot in Orlando, Florida is a replica of the Chateau.

5.) A Fraser Institute document from the late 1990's.