The Constitution Building on 305 Rideau was converted into apartments. Library and Archives Canada is being relocated to the Lebreton Flats. The Lorne Building on 90 Elgin is gone. The National Capital Commission and City of Ottawa have big plans for Place du Portage Phase 111 in Gatineau and eventually all of the Four Phases. The Sir John Carling Building is gone. Skyline Towers and the Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building were sold to Larco. Temporary Building No. 8 was located on Queen Juliana Park and the park is included in a land deal between a hospital, the National Capital Commission and Public Works. The Minister of Public Works Howard Charles Green said that Queen Juliana Park on 870 Carling Avenue would always be an open space:
House of Commons Ottawa June 16, 1958. Hon. George James McIlraith (Ottawa Centre) Liberal: "Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the minister is now prepared to make the statement he said he would make concerning the policy of the government with respect to buildings on the central experimental farm."
The Hon. Howard Charles Green (Vancouver Centre). Minister of Public Works; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Progressive Conservative Party House Leader. Progressive Conservative. "The policy is that no buildings will be built on the central experimental farm except buildings for the Department of Agriculture."
Mr. McIlraith:"If I may pursue the question a bit further, has the minister come to any conclusion as to what will be done with the land on the experimental farm when they are removed?"
Mr. Green: "I take it that the hon. member for Ottawa West refers to temporary buildings Nos. 5 and 8. For some years the policy has been when the temporary buildings are torn down nothing will be constructed on the site."
Mr. Mcilraith: "I want to commend the minister for continuing the policy set out a few years ago by the Liberal administration in that regard. I believe he will agree that it is a very satisfactory policy."
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