Residential towers are being constructed on the Lebreton Flats and the Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa. The Flats are one mile away from Hill and they are the western extension of the Parliamentary Precinct. In 1973 the Government of Canada expropriated buildings and land on Wellington Street across from the Hill, and the northern part of the Mall. The Trudeau government wanted to save the heritage buildings and to stop the construction of high rise apartments.
House of Commons Ottawa December 7, 1984. MP Joseph Gaston Isabel (Hull-Aylmer) Liberal. "Several years ago you could see Parliament Hill from far away. Today, you have to fly aboard a helicopter to see it, because of a few small skyscrapers that have, for all practical purposes, destroyed the beauty of the majestic Parliament Hill. And the National Capital Commission had to buy some land in order to have control over this area and avoid any undesirable construction."
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