National Capital Commission controversies.

1.) The Crown corporation is permitting the construction of high rise condominiums on the Lebreton Flats. The only buildings allowed on the Lebreton Flats are federal buildings including museums and libraries and they cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower.

 "LeBreton Flats should remain public property and be devoted entirely to public and social use. The NCC does not own the Flats in the private property sense. It holds them in trust for us." From: The Province. Lindsay Lambert, Ottawa, August 5, 2020.

2.)  Government of Canada land is being taken over for an LRT project--- along Baseline Road, the scenic driveways and eventually Carling Avenue and Confederation Heights.

3.) Foreign entities are involved in a project to redesign the Parliamentary Precinct, comprised of Wellington Street properties across from Parliament Hill and the entire Sparks Street Mall. 

4.) The British High Commission is constructing an embassy on the grounds of Earnscliffe, 140 Sussex Drive, where Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald lived for years. Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson and Joe Clark wanted to see Earnscliffe returned to the people of Canada.

5.) The Crown corporation missed an opportunity to buy a landmark in Chinatown. The city recently gave away the Dalhousie Community Centre located at 755 Somerset Street West.

6.) There is massive opposition to the redevelopment of the Central Experimental Farm. The following individuals wanted the National Historic Site to always be a green space:

Prime Ministers of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King; Sir Wilfrid Laurier; Louis St-Laurent; Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney.

The Hon. Anne Cools: "The public fears that many other parklands, like the Experimental Farm and the Arboretum are on the National Capital Commission's list for sale." Senate of Canada, April 23,2002.

Jacques Greber, an urban planner from Paris, France. (The Greber Report of 1950.)

Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson: "I think the Central Experimental Farm is a real gem in the city and I don't think the public wants to take open and green space and have it developed." (friendsofthefarm newsletter, summer of 2013, page 10/12.)

Federal Agriculture Ministers Sydney Arthur Fisher, James Garfield Gardiner, Douglas Harkness; Eugene Whelan, Bud Olson, John Wise and Gerry Ritz.

Former city councillor and mayoral candidate Clive Doucet.

Member of Parliament Elizabeth May.

Former head of the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow.

Former Member of Parliament Marlene Catterall, Ottawa West.

Former city councillor Katherine Hobbs.

Federal Ministers of Public Works George McIlraith, Howard Charles Green and Erik Nielsen.

Hon. Pierre De Bane, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs-House of Commons, November 4, 1974.

Member of Parliament David Daubney (Ottawa West) House of Commons, May 15, 1988.

Member of Parliament Hazen Robert Argue (CCF) House of Commons, August 1, 1958.

Hon. Eldon Eady, a Director of Gatineau Park.

Organizations.

Protect the Farm-Home|Facebook.

Petition: Save Ottawa's Precious Urban Greenspace-Change.org.

Federal Minister of Agriculture Sydney Arthur Fisher, and Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the grounds of the Experimental Farm, Carling Avenue, Ottawa. (Archives of Canada photo.)

7.) Mooney's Bay petitions:

savemooney's bay.Change.org.    Sign the Petition-Save Mooney's Bay.  Ottawa: Protect Mooney's Bay from Development.   Save Mooney's Bay-Save Our Waterfront-Wordpress.com.   Save Mooney's Bay|Facebook.

8.)  The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory will be decimated.

9.)  Nine acres of park land in Mechanicsville are being privatized, so that half a dozen foreign embassies can be constructed.("National Capital Commission seeking City of Ottawa approval for diplomatic precinct..." by Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen December 26, 2020.)

10.)  Government of Canada property is being sold for one dollar---the Mackenzie King and Laurier Avenue bridges that span the Rideau Canal.(1995.)     401 Lebreton/289 Carling, NCC Headquarters. "The City of Ottawa is hoping to buy a parcel of land on Carling Avenue near Dow's Lake for a dollar, so the lot can be used for a new supportive housing project.(From: "City seeks Dow's Lake area land for supportive housing." CBC News,October 25, 2016.)

The former NCC Headquarters at Carling and Lebreton.