Debates in the Senate of Canada.

 Senate of Canada Ottawa April 18, 2002: The Hon. Anne Cools-Proposal to sell Moffatt Farm: "That she will call the attention of the Senate to:

a.) the public's need for the Senate and the Parliament of Canada to take into their cognizance the current conflict between Ottawa residents with their Ottawa City Council and the National Capital Commission regarding the National Capital Commission's proposal to re-zone a riverfront parkland to build a 244 dwelling housing development on that riverfront parkland, a matter well reported in the media;

b.) to the national capital parkland known as the Moffatt Farm, a riverfront parkland on the heritage waterway the Rideau River at Mooney's Bay, near the entrance to the Hog's Back Locks, all of which form a part of the ancient and historic Rideau Canal and the Rideau Canal Waterway System, a parkland which for decades has been held by the National Capital Commission as a commissioned public trust for it's protection for the public good and for the public use; (Note: As I have mentioned before, Prince of Wales Drive on the Farm will be widened to accomodate the new medical centre. (From: Dow's Lake-Glebe Report, June 11, 2010.) The Dominion Arboretum will be encroached upon and the Arboretum is close to the Rideau Canal Hartwell Locks and the Lockmaster's home.)

c.) to the meaning in law of a commission, being that a Commission is a public body with a public purpose, authorized by letters patent, an act of parliament, or other lawful warrant to execute and perform a public office, and further, that the National Capital Commission is no ordinary entity, or no simple arms length crown corporation but is a commission, a particular constitutional entity, intended to perform a public duty;

d.) to the current land use designation zoning of Moffatt Farm which is zoned as parkland, as are other Ottawa national capital parks such as Vincent Massey Park and Hog's Back Park, parklands whose maintenance and sustenance are of great importance and concern to Ottawans;

(Note: Queen Juliana Park is also a national capital park and it is a venue for important local activities----the Italian Week festivities; Walk for Juvenile Diabetes; fundraising for the Humane Society and fairs: Federal Directory of Real Property website, Property Number 24426; Government of Canada Land-Vacant (Former Building #8) Site; Organization-Public Services and Procurement Canada; Use(s)-Parks and Recreation; Interest: Crown Owned. Address: 870 Carling Avenue; Municipality: Ottawa, ON; Land Area: (ha) 5.5883 or 13.8 acres. Buildings: 0. Floor Area: 0. Record Last Modified On August 19, 2019:

QJP includes the Dow's Lake parking lot.

City of Ottawa Zoning By-Law Amendment, 520 Preston Street, 930 Carling Avenue. Official Plan Amendment-No Appeal. Adopted July 16, 2018. "Description - the purpose of the amendment is to facilitate the use of the selected site for a new hospital. The amendment would remove approximately 5 ha (12 acres) of land designated as Agricultural Research Area within the current Central Experimental Farm boundary and designate these lands as General Urban Area."

Senate of Canada Ottawa May 13, 2002: "On May 8 (2002) Senator Kinsella raised the following points:

• All Canadians have a direct interest in the open lands and assets of the National Capital. The NCC holds these properties in trust and on a fiduciary basis on behalf of all Canadians from coast to coast.
• The National Capital Act was brought in by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958; after 44 years the time has come for Parliament to review the adequacy of this model of legislation.
• The social, economic and mobility dynamics in the year 2002 sees Canadians being shareholders in the use of all public land in the National Capital in far greater numbers than 50 years ago. Therefore decisions of the NCC relating to the disposition of these public lands affect all Canadians across the country in new ways.