How to preserve Canada's sovereignty.

1.)  Preserve the symbols that define Canada---our Maple Leaf Flag, Coat of Arms and Official Anthem "O Canada."

2.)  Do not let Parks Canada sell infrastructure in the National Parks.

3.)  Do not privatize any more Crown corporations; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada Post and Via Rail should always be owned by the citizens of this country.

4.)  If the Alberta government wants to sell or lease provincial parks, let the federal government buy the properties. Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

5)  Try to convince the UN to designate Portsmouth Village in Kingston, Ontario a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Kingston Pen, Prison for Women, Church of the Good Thief, St. Helen's, Isabel MacNeill Halfway House, Portsmouth Olympic Park and Rockwood should not be sold.

6.) Give the Historic Sites and Monuments Board the power to protect historic buildings and landscapes.

7.) Do not let the City of Ottawa use federal property as a land bank. The Greenbelt should be off-limits.

8.)  Do not denationalize the National Parks or Rideau Canal:

House of Commons Ottawa March 19, 1998. Bill C-29, an Act to Amend the National Parks Act. Mr. Nelson Riis (Kamloops, B.C.) New Democratic Party: "...Members can probably tell that I do not support Bill C-29 at his point....This bill involves a great deal of Canada: 31 national parks, 786 historical sites, a number of historical canal systems (Rideau Canal), 661 sites that are managed by third parties that are ecologically or environmentally significant..."

Mr. Howard Hilstrom (Selkirk-Interlake, Manitoba) Reform: "Mr. Speaker, I am quite interested in the financial aspects of this bill. Is there a possibility of foreign interests getting involved in our parks systems?"

Mr. Nelson Riis: "Obviously the answer is yes. We lack a national parks policy just as we lack a national waterways policy or a national highway policy."