The Great Reset.

My predictions: 1.) The federal government will privatize thousands of government buildings now that civil servants work from home or from a hub. During the 1990's there were rumours that Place du Portage in Gatineau would be sold and now the National Capital Commission has big plans for complex.

2.) There are 4,300 hectares of  parkland in Canada's capital, or 10,625 acres, thanks to Prime Ministers Mackenzie King and  Sir Wilfrid Laurier; an urban planner named Jacques Greber from Paris, France; the Ottawa Improvement Commission and politicians who tried to preserve the Greenbelt. The mindset of many current politicians, federal and local is that we do not deserve an abundance of green space. Fences will be installed around parks. I can envision long lineups of people waiting at checkpoints; identification papers are mandatory and security guards will blast out commands on loudspeakers: "You cannot loiter in the park, but you can walk, run and ride your bicycle. Stay on the path. You are allotted half an hour to enjoy the green space." What a terrible legacy we are leaving for our descendants. 

3.)  A massive land grab when the parkways in the capital and Gatineau are depaved.

4.) The sale of dozens of federal parks that are now protected from developers. Google: "Urban natural features strategy city of ottawa, April 11, 2006." Recreational land strategy for Ottawa-2006-2031: 4.4.2. "The city's requirement for parks and open spaces may have to be revisited to ensure that the types of spaces required for developers reflect the need for quality spaces...The goals of a review of parks and recreational land should be 'Quality over quantity.'. ..Parks don't have to be grassy to be green...The city should accept parkettes as part of the 5% parkland dedication." (Parkettes or pocket parks are less than 0.5 hectares in size. In 1950 urban planner Jacques Greber created a National War Memorial in the capital, 900 square miles of land that would be owned by Canadians forever. Read page 11/396 and page 7/396 of the Greber Report. The city cannot wait to get its hands on the Greenbelt and that includes Commissioners Park at Preston and Carling. "The City of Ottawa has identified more than 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt, worth about $1.6 billion, that could be developed ... without damaging its overall integrity." Google: Greenbelt wikipedia. savecfbrockcliffe.) 

5.) The end of height restrictions on buildings in the Parliamentary Precinct, and that includes the Lebreton Flats, known as the Western Annex:  House of Commons Ottawa November 23, 1967: The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works): "Buildings on or near the Parliamentary Precinct cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower." 

6.) The masses will be banned from actually visiting national museums and historic sites. 

Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario.2004.The bandshell can be seen in the distance. I took this photo.