The new Civic Hospital will not protect views of the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site.

"Parks Canada's Rideau Canal Management Plan serves as a key land use planning document for lands situated in the immediate vicinity of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site i.e. CEF lands abutting Dow's Lake and the Rideau Canal. In particular, back shore land use and development is expected to protect open space and ensure compatible activities with the historic character of the Canal...Views to the Canal from the Arboretum and from other lands east of Prince of Wales Drive are also to be protected." (From: The CEF National Historic Site Management Plan (7 of 20) Government of Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.) 

CEF National Historic Site Management Plan (20 of 20.) 4.3 Objectives for the Designated Place. "The designated place will be unimpaired and not under threat when: the present boundaries and spacial balance of the Farm are safeguarded and preserved; the surviving 19th century landscape plan, including the core administration, scientific and farm buildings, plus the arboretum, lawn, ornamental gardens and display beds, experimental fields, plots and shelterbelts, and circulation patterns set in a Picturesque composition, is safeguarded and maintained in accordance with recognized heritage conservation principles; a sufficiently large area to carry out the scientific research function is maintained; the character of a "farm" as defined by fields, utilitarian buildings and circulation patterns is recognized; and "the farm within a city" remains sufficiently large to provide a contrast to the scale of urban development."

The Greber Report of 1950, page 199/395. "Extensive parks and playgrounds were recommended, including the acquirement of the Laurentian Hills for a National Park, and the development of Dow's Lake and its adjacent lands as a recreational centre was strongly urged."

National Capital Commission Plan for Canada's Capital-2017-2067. Pertaining to the CEF:

Lands east of Prince of Wales Drive are Capital Urban Green Space; the Rideau Canal and nearby CEF shore lands are Waterway and Shore Lands; the Canada Agriculture Museum lands are National Cultural Institution; the research fields are Rural Lands; Lands near Carling Avenue are Federal Node.

Report of the Federal District Commission, 1949-page 14/75. "Wherever possible, the parks and driveways are and will be located along the banks of the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers, the Rideau Canal and Dow's Lake."

House of Commons Ottawa March 10, 1986. The NCC has a long-standing policy "to retain federal riverfront land in Canadian ownership for public use." The Hon. John B. Stewart (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Public Works.) Liberal: "This policy acts to ensure direct access by the public to the river shore."