The plan to remove cars and buses from parkways.

 A parkway is defined as a landscaped thoroughfare. One of the joys of my life is to to travel on Ottawa parkways by bus and view the scenery. But urban planners want to eliminate major highways."Highway removal is often part of a policy to promote smart growth, transit-oriented development and walkable and bicycle friendly cities." (Wikipedia.) 

The Crown corporation CN Rail was privatized in 1995 and purchased by Bill Gates and his partners.  Thousands of miles of railway tracks were extracted from the ground, especially in Eastern Canada. The residents of Churchill, Manitoba were stranded when CN Rail refused to repair the line.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nationalized the train tracks and bought a couple of railway cars and people were so happy they were crying and had street parties to celebrate.

 Selling the CNR network including 6,000 bridges in 1995 was a monumental mistake. Especially because foreign investors could not care less about Canadians. Decommissioning roads in the National Capital Region will also be a blunder. 

I am standing on decommissioned CNR tracks in Wakefield, Quebec a few years ago. The station has been converted into a beautiful restaurant.

That same location in 1965.

The Greber Plan of 1950.

Transportation.

Street system designed for cars. Some monumental streets. (unbuilt.)

Heirachy of street. Yes.

Separate pedestrian routes. Sparks Mall, cycle routes built.

Green buffers for heavy traffic. Parkways, NCC landscape expressways.

Traffic concentrated on great arteries - Expressway/arterial network.

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Are Canadians being socially-engineered to give up their private vehicles? Will owning a car be a privilege and not a right? Members of royal families, celebrities and the CEO's of major corporations will never give up their cars or bodyguards or mansions with 12-foot-high perimeter walls. Do not herd me into subways that are devoid of sunlight and fresh air. That are not heavily patrolled by security guards. The city turned down an offer by Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels of NYC to provide free security for passengers on public transit. 

House of Commons Debates Ottawa  July 22, 1960.

The Hon. Thomas Miller Bell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada). Progressive Conservative.

Mr. Bell (Carleton). "...Among the new projects to be undertaken, I believe the Ottawa river parkway takes highest priority. Properly designed, it will be an almost revolutionary addition to our parkway system. To the whole capital it will give new character, added personality and distinction. No other project can have such an immediate distinction." It is now called the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.