The Sir John Carling property-Part 2.

House of Commons Ottawa March 20, 2017. Question 810: The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Conservative: "With regard to the government's Ottawa Hospital Site Review, which concluded with a National Capital Commission recommendation to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on November 24, 2016; (a) when did the Environment Minister decide that she would order this review; (b) when did the Environment Minister ask that the Heritage Minister take over this review; (c) did the government estimate the cost of delaying the construction of the new hospital by at least a year and if so, what were the costs; (d) what was the total cost of the review as of November 24, 2016, broken down by (i) employees' salaries (ii) contractors (iii) consultants (iv) land use surveys or studies (v) other expenses;

(f) what are the precise boundaries of the property to be be leased to the Ottawa Hospital, known as the Sir John Carling Site or site #11 by the National Capital Commission; (g) what price does the government plan to charge the Ottawa Hospital as rent for the Sir John Carling Site, known as site #11 by the National Capital Commission; (h) how much payment in lieu of taxes does the federal government pay the City of Ottawa for the Sir John Carling Site, known as site # 11by the National Capital Commission; and (i) what will be the costs for preparing the site for the Ottawa Hospital to be built, and which level of government or organization will pay for them?

House of Commons Ottawa March 20, 2017. Question 811: The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Conservative: "With regard to the government's transfer of land to the Ottawa Hospital for the future site of the Civic Campus, known as the Sir John Carling Site or site #11 by the National Capital Commission: (a) what analysis did the departments of Public Services and Procurement Canada (former Public Works and Government Services Canada), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the National Capital Commission and Canadian Heritage, conduct at each of the 12 sites; (b) what did the National Capital Commission estimate the total land preparation costs of each of the 12 sites would be; (c) what concerns did the National Capital Commission raise regarding potential contamination of each of the 12 sites;

 (d) what are the boundaries of the Sir John Carling Site which will be leased to the Ottawa Hospital; (e) are the metal piles that were used for the foundation of the former Sir John Carling Building still present at the site; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, what will be the cost of removing the piles; (h) if the answer to (f) is negative, what is the governments plan to accomodate the new Ottawa Hospital around the existing piles; (i) what is the estimated cost of preparing the site for the Ottawa Hospital to be built, and which level of government or organization will pay for them; (j) what contamination currently exists at the Sir John Carling Site, and how will it be mitigated or removed prior to the hospital's construction; (k) what is the estimated cost of remediating any contimation, and which level of government or organization will pay for this; and (l) does the government foresee any other factors specific to the Sir John Carling Site that would increase costs or delay construction of the new hospital, and if so, what are they?"

"City files re-zoning application for new Ottawa Civic Campus"--CBC News, August 18, 2017: "The City has filed an application to re-zone five hectares of land on the Central Experimental Farm to re-designate the land from 'agricultural research area' to 'general urban area' and relinquish the green space from the Farm."

The group "Reimagine Ottawa" headed by writer and politician Clive Doucet pointed out the fact that: "The Dow's Lake parking lot will be re-zoned as Mixed-Use (MCF) instead of Institutional.Queen Juliana Park will be left as Mixed-Use instead of being rezoned like all other Ottawa Hospitals. Which developers have expressed an interest in the Tunney's, existing Civic and Dow's Lake/Experimental Farm sites?" (Google: "Questions Reimagine Ottawa.")

House of Commons Ottawa June 16, 1958. Hon. George James McIlraith (Ottawa West) Liberal: "Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the Minister is now prepared to make the statement he said he would make concerning the policy of the government with respect to buildings on the central experimental farm."

Hon. Howard Charles Green(Federal Minister of Public Works) Conservative: "The policy is that no buildings will be built on the central experimental farm except for buildings for the Department of Agriculture."

Mr. Mcilraith: "If I may pursue that question a bit further, has the Minister come to any conclusion as to what will be done when (the temporary buildings) are removed."

Mr. Green: "I take it that the member for Ottawa West refers to temporary buildings Nos. 5 and 8. For some years the policy has been when the temporary buildings are torn down nothing will be constructed on the site."

Mr. Mcilraith: "I want to commend the Minister for continuing the policy set out a few years ago by the Liberal administration in that regard. I believe he will agree it is a very satisfactory policy."

An Ottawa Journal article from August 3, 1941. The No. 5 War Building on Dow's Lake and the No. 8 War Building on Queen Juliana Park were demolished in 1976. The photo second from the top was taken from the roof of the Sir John Carling Building. Archives of Canada photo.