The National Capital Commission.

1.)  Closed the gates to Rideau Hall on Sussex Drive, Ottawa from 1986-1990 and 2020-?.

2.)  Refers to the Sparks Street Mall as "Public Enemy Number 1." "Sparks Street: The five-block, eastwest pedestrian mall and surrounding area is the NCC's public enemy No.1.(From "Tidying up a mess" Macleans Magazine, September 3,2001.)  "It's Crown against Town and sparks are flying as the National Capital Commission prepares to demolish an entire city block in downtown Ottawa. City officials, businessmen and private citizens alike fear that the NCC's plan to raze Sparks Street and replace it with office towers, apartments, stores and restaurants will destroy rather than revitalize the downtown core." (From: Globe and Mail newspaper, May 2, 2001.)

3.)  Refuses to get involved in the Chateau Laurier controversy, despite the fact that UNESCO may remove the Rideau Canal's designation as a World Heritage Site.

4.)  Refuses to relocate the site of a new medical centre, despite the fact that UNESCO may remove the Rideau Canal's designation as a World Heritage Site, if the centre is built. 

5.)  The Crown corporation is expropriating part of Parliament Hill for a Light Rail Transit project.

6.)  Tried to convince Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan to transfer 600 acres of the Experimental Farm to the City, for the construction of thousands of homes. (Mid-1970's).

7.)  Plans to remove vehicles from Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, except for a tram. Tourists from all over the world charter buses to transport them to historic venues; in fact the federal Tourist Information Centre was located on 90 Wellington Street.A statue of Terry Fox is located in the plaza.

8.)  Appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board when the Mayor and Council refused to rezone the 88-acre Moffat Farm near Mooney's Bay. (2002.)

9.)  Wanted to create an embassy row on a meadow near Rockcliffe called "The Mile Circle."

10.) Wants to create an embassy row on greenspace in Mechanicsville.

11.)  Refuses to protect the Dominion Observatory campus on Carling Avenue, Ottawa from intentional or accidental demolition. Accidental, from blasting when a medical centre is built nearby. The greenhouses are also at risk.

12.)  Permitted the American government to construct an embassy on land that was destined for Major's Hill Park. A street has been blocked off because it is a buffer zone.

13.)  Land is being removed for a transit endeavour along Baseline Road---land from the Experimental Farm, many private residences and the Pinecrest Cemetery.