"Worthless real property."

 "...At the end of 25 years taxpayers will not have to deal with what they have been dealing with for decades and that is worthless real property." (House of Commons Evidence-OGGO Committee, December 10, 2007.)

Skyline Campus, 1400 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario. Built on the grounds of the Central Experimental Farm.

 Laurentian High School was demolished.The 91 acre decommissioned Farm property includes a Walmart and a subdivision.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building, 90 Sparks Street, Ottawa.

Joseph Shepard Building, 4900 Yonge Street,Toronto, Ontario.

                                          

Canada Place, 9700 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta.

Douglas Jung Building, 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC---returned to the government of Canada.

Harry Hays Federal Building, 220 4th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta.

House of Commons Debates Ottawa 2007.

March 19, 2007. MP Peggy Nash (Parkdale-High Park, Toronto, NDP.) "Mr. Speaker, the government's sell and leaseback scheme for federal buildings across the country is illogical. The scheme is going to hurt hard-working Canadians who pay taxes and who will now be on the hook for these arrangements for years and years to come. I wonder if the minister thinks that it makes good economic sense to sell his house and lease it back from the new owners for 25 years."

October 24, 2007. MP Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay, Ontario, NDP): "Mr. Speaker, this scheme was cooked up by the Liberals and is being carried out by the Conservatives and what we are looking at is an elaborate accounting shell game where they are going to bring in $1.4 billion now and it is going to cost taxpayers $3 billion. For example, there is the Harry Hays building in Calgary. Right now it costs taxpayers $5 million a year to maintain. Once it is sold it will cost taxpayers $20 million to maintain. Who is getting ripped off here? It is the Canadian public. Where is the accountability?

October 31, 2007. MP Diane Bourgeois (Terrebonne-Blainville, BQ.) "Mr. Speaker, today is a very sad day. Today, the sale of buildings belonging to taxpayers will be finalized even though the members in the committee and public service unions are against it and despite the request for a moratorium on this sale. This government is transferring ownership, through a leaseback agreement, of several very valuable federal buildings. This transaction will cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and the government will lease the premises for 25 years....We are entitled to ask who is profiting from this sale."

RCMP Headquarters, 4225 Dorchester Blvd., Westmount, Montreal Quebec.

The Sinclair Centre, 757 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC. Designated a Classified Federal Heritage Building on July 15, 1983 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The Prime Minister named this building to honour his father-in-law the Hon. James Sinclair. The Sinclair Centre was returned to the government of Canada.

Revenue Canada Headquarters, 305 Rene-Levesque Blvd., Montreal, Quebec.