Micromanaging activities on public land.

Does the government plan to install checkpoints, tall fences and spy cameras on:

The Central Experimental Farm, Carling Avenue, Ottawa. The public may be directed to a new entrance at the Arboretum.("Easier public access to Arboretum" page 99/106, Animating the Rideau Canal.) 

Land beside the Rideau Canal, Ottawa. Walking, running and riding a bicycle are looked upon favorably.

Gatineau Park in Quebec. When roads in Gatineau Park are closed to traffic, cars will be directed to parking lots. Disabled individuals who cannot run or ride a bicycle may have to choose between remaining in the car or riding on electric scooters or a mini-bus. That is an invasion of privacy and an attack on accessibility rights. What if it's raining? What if the bus driver fails to show up? Do I have to show identification papers? My grandparents loved to go daytripping when they were elderly, visiting historic sites and green spaces and sharing the experience with their loved ones:

My Grandmother and my Mother visit the Gatineau Hills during the 1940's.

The Tulip Festival, Commissioners Park, Dow's Lake. A year ago people were prohibited from stopping to admire the flowers or from photographing them. 

Scenic parkways were created by urban planner Jacques Greber and the Ottawa Improvement Commission. Closing them to vehicles is a threat to accessibility rights.

House of Commons Debates  Ottawa June 1, 1970. Mr. Skoberg (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)New Democratic Party: "Is the government of Canada, through the National Capital Commission, giving favourable consideration to the development of a plan which would eliminate automobiles from the downtown area of Ottawa?"

Mr. Martin P. O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion) "...At present, no plans exist for the elimination of automobiles from downtown Ottawa."

House of Commons Debates Ottawa May 15, 1970. Mr. Gordon Duncan Blair (Grenville-Carleton)Liberal: "...Is the government aware of a statement or statements to the press by the Chairman of the National Capital Commission to the effect that he might close the national capital parkways in this region for a week, for the strange inquiries of...proving their importance in carrying traffic?" 

The Hon. George McIlraith (Acting Prime Minister; Soliciter-General of Canada.) "The statement has caused concern.I am very doubtful that the Chairman has any such authority under the National Capital Act."

The Greber Report of 1950- Federal, scenic highways in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity. (Page 228/395.)

Land that is adjacent to the highways are designated as National Interest Land Mass properties: "Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the NCC on behalf of the government in perpetuity." (Google: 1988-09-15-tb-re-ncc.):

The Ottawa River Parkway, now called the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway-Wellington Street to Carling Avenue--254 ha.

Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive--15 ha.

Airport Parkway--120 ha.

Eastern Parkway, Hemlock Rd. to Hwy. 417--72 ha.

Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Parkway from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt--255 ha.

Ottawa River shoreline proposed Voyageur Parkway--84 ha.

Leamy Lake Park and part of the Philemon Wright Corridor--285 ha.

Potential NILM properties in 1988:

Western Parkway corridor, Carling Avenue to Queensway--40.0 ha.

Experimental Farm Dr. corridor, Queensway to Experimental Farm--76.0 ha.

Hull South Parkway, Lucerne Blvd. to Gatineau Park--275.0 ha.