The attempt to destroy Canadian nationalism.

1.)  Sell the Canadian National Railway hotels to Fairmont---the Chateau Laurier; Jasper Park Lodge; Hotel Macdonald; Hotel Vancouver; Queen Elizabeth; Fort Garry; Newfoundland Hotel; Hotel Beausejour; Bessborough; Nova Scotian.

2.) Permit the construction of an inappropriate addition to the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. The Chateau was built on the former grounds of Parliament Hill; is a National Historic Site of Canada; part of Confederation Square and is protected by Part 1V of the Ontario Heritage Act.

3.)  Remove the word "Canada" from thousands of Canada Post mailboxes, delivery trucks, etc:

A statement in the House of Commons by Member of Parliament Dennis Mills, May 15, 1992.

4.)  Privatize the 1,000 lighthouses that were part of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada portfolio.

6.)  Let foreign entities demolish and redevelop the Parliamentry Precinct across from Parliament Hill.

7.)  Privatize government buildings after they are stripped of Canada's Maple Leaf Flag, Coat of Arms and the names of notable people.

8.)  Rewrite history---rename the Prince of Wales Bridge in the Capital. Eliminate any reference to Canada's British heritage on streetnames and government buildings. When I was a schoolgirl during the 1950's and 1960's my classmates and I sang "God Save the Queen" and "O Canada" before lessons proceeded. We sang "Canada" by Bobby Gimby during the 100th anniversary of Confederation in 1967.

9.)  Take Parliament Hill away from the citizens of this country. Sell part of the land to the City of Ottawa for their Light Rail Transit project, and dig a giant crater in front of the Centre Block of Parliament.

10.) Ruin the Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue---during the mid-1970's the government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau refused to transfer 600 acres of the Farm to the municipality. Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan said the land was "untouchable." 50-storey condos are now envisioned for the the Dow's Lake parking lot.

11.) De-pave the scenic parkways in the Capital, which are named in honour of prominant individuals.

12.) Sell the RCMP image to the Walt Disney Corporation.

13.) Sell the Hockey Night in Canada theme song.

14.) Refuse to repatriate Earnscliffe on Sussex Drive, the former home of Sir John A. Macdonald. The British High Commission is building a new embassy or bunker that will totally obscure the house. 

15.) Permit the takeover of National Parks: House of Commons Debates  Ottawa  March 19, 1998. Mr. Rick Laliberte (Churchill River, Saskatchewan.) New Democratic Party: "The Canadian Parks Agency Act is a capitalist form of commercialization of our national parks and eventual privatization."

Mr. Nelson Riis (Kamloops, British Columbia.) New Democratic Party: "...Members can probably tell that I do not support Bill C-29 at this point...This bill involves a great deal of Canada: 31 national parks, 786 historical sites, a number of historical canal systems (Rideau Canal from Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario-savecfbrockcliffe.), 661 sites that are managed by third parties that are ecologically or environmentally significant, 165 heritage railroad stations, 31 heritage river systems..."

"If someone is a wealthy person or from a high income family and someone tells them that in order to use the parks they will have to pay $10 dollars to canoe down the river, $20 dollars per night for firewood and $50 dollars to park a tent for a day or two its no big deal."

"However if we pass this legislation we are going to put access to Canada's national parks out of the reach of many, many Canadians...Increasingly, we will be turning the parks into some kind of quasi-business operation.That is not what Canada is all about."

Mr. Howard Hilstrom (Selkirk-Interlake, Manitoba.) Reform: "Mr. Speaker, I am quite interested in the financial aspects of this bill. Is there a possibility of foreign interests getting involved in our parks system?"

Mr. Nelson Riis: "Obviously the answer is yes...We lack a national park policy just as we lack a national waterways policy and a national highway policy."

16.)  Decommission the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory near Carling Avenue, Ottawa. My fellow classmates and I visited the observatory during the year 1965 and we looked through the telescope. One day the landmark will reopen, if it is not flattened by blasting when a medical centre is built nearby.

17.)  House of Commons Debates Ottawa February 7, 1994. Mr. Alex Shepherd (Durham) Liberal: "Mr. Speaker, those of us who are proud Canadians are offended that CP Rail has decided to change its company logo into what in effect looks like the Canadian flag becoming or being subsumed into the American flag...Regardless of CP's rights as a private company to choose any logo it wants, Canadians should have a voice in this matter..."

The CP Rail logo during the mid-1990's.

18.)  Sell or give away federal bridges to the Municipality of Ottawa---the Mackenzie King and Laurier bridges that span the Rideau Canal and infrastructure in Lebreton Flats and Confederation Heights.

 

19.)  Politicians and historical societies prevented the demolition of Toronto's Union Station; Ottawa's Union Station; the Summerhill train station in North Toronto; the former Teachers College on 195 Elgin Street, Ottawa; Royal Canadian Mint, 320 Sussex Drive, Ottawa; the East Block of Parliament and Rideau Canal.

20.)  De-nationalize all federal property in Canada. "In one year, with the support of this bill, it is possible that there will be no Crown land assets left." (MP Dennis Mills, House of Commons, November 22, 1991.)

21.) "Parks Canada to look at divesting highways, bridges, dams." by Dan Beeby, Senior Reporter, Parliamentary Bureau, CBC News, August 26, 2017. "Parks Canada operates 46 national parks, a national urban park, four national conservation areas and 171 national historic sites, including historic canals." The dams, bridges, highways, nature trails and culverts in the line of fire are worth $8 billion dollars. In my estimation they are priceless--- the Icefields Parkway that runs through Banff National Park and railway bridges...

22.) Cancel the Avro Arrow project in 1959. A CBC mini-series about the enterprise can be viewed on Vimeo, "The Arrow" starring Dan Aykroyd.