Prime Ministers of Canada, Cabinet Ministers (Agriculture Canada; Environment Canada; Ministers of Urban Affairs), Members of Parliament, urban planner Jacques Greber, Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital Region, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club.
Properties that are included in the Greenbelt: Commissioners Park at Preston Street and Carling Avenue; the Greenbelt Research Farm; Stoney Swamp Conservation Area; The Log Farm; Shirley's Bay; Wesley Clover Park---the former Nepean National Equestrian Park and Ottawa Municipal Campground; Mer Bleue Conservation Area; Conroy Pit; Bruce Pit; Pine View Golf Course and Green's Creek Conservation Area.
Initiatives by the Government of Canada to protect the land--- designation as a National Interest Land Mass; Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Jacques Greber stated that 900 square miles of federal property in the National Capital Region would be a living memorial to Canadians who were killed fighting in foreign wars.
House of Commons Ottawa June 23, 1992. Mrs. Beryl Gaffney (Nepean) Liberal: "...I have here a letter which clearly reflects the wishes of the majority of people in this region and it states:"We do not want the greenbelt land severed and sold for residential and commercial development." Can the minister give a clear undertaking to this House here today that this will not happen in the national capital region?"
The Hon. Elmer MacIntosh MacKay (Minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Minister of Public Works.) Progressive Conservative: "Mr. Speaker, I can clearly identify with those sentiments...I see no likelihood of any of these lands being severed and sold for residential purposes...I certainly do not endorse such a policy."
House of Commons Ottawa September 16, 2009. Mr. Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer, Lib.) "...I would say that Bill C-37, as is now stands, is unacceptable. My colleague spoke about the greenbelt. I do not think he took the time to read the bill. If he had, he would know that the preservation of the ecological integrity of NCC properties does not include either the greenbelt or properties in the greenbelt..."
Potential threats to the landscape: The City of Ottawa and infrastructure that may be built on Mer Bleue.
Potential removal of Greenbelt designation from the Nepean Sportsplex and Eagleson Park and Ride; possible disposal of Parcel 1, an idle agricultural field bounded by Highway 416, Richmond and Baseline Roads. (From: GREENBELT MASTER PLAN, CONSULTATION REPORT-Phase 1-Step C-Land Use Concept. Prepared for the National Capital Commission January 2012.)
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