Friends of the Farm in Ottawa.

 (The document is from "INTERIM REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM" Ottawa, May 1998.)

People who never wanted to see the Farm subdivided:

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent

Prime Minister Mackenzie King

Agriculture Minister Douglas Harkness: House of Commons Ottawa August 1, 1958: "I am very glad to tell the hon. member for Assiniboia that the central experimental farm is going to be not only retained but expanded...We expect to secure from the federal district commission something in the neighbourhood of 4,000 acres of land in the green belt, and the animal husbandry activities of the experimental farm will be established there."

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Agriculture Minister Bud Olson

Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan

Agriculture Minister Sydney Arthur Fisher

Agriculture Minister John Wise House of Commons Ottawa May 13, 1988: "Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Hon. Member's continuing interest in the future of the Experimental Farm here in Ottawa. I want to take this opportunity to indicate him that Agriculture Canada, my Department, has no plans or thoughts whatsoever concerning disposing of any portion of that property at any time. There is no question about that...Next to the Parliament Buildings the Experimental Farm is the second most popular tourist attraction here in Ottawa."

Agriculture Minister James Garfield Gardiner: House of Commons Ottawa June 18, 1954:

Member of Parliament Marlene Catterall (Ottawa West-Nepean, Lib.) House of Commons Ottawa February 9 1998: "Mr. Speaker, last week the Secretary of State for Parks and the minister of agriculture designated the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa as a national historical site. This does not mean that the farm will be frozen in time. It will continue to evolve as it has for 111 years but it will evolve in a way that is consistent with the important contribution it has made to agriculture in Canada and internationally...The people of this region are proud of the nation's capital and its national institutions."

Member of Parliament Elizabeth May - See the YouTube video "Elizabeth May presents a petition to save Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm from destruction."

Musician Bruce Cockburn

Member of Parliament Pierre De Bane (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs) House of Commons Ottawa November 4, 1974:

Ms. Maude Barlow, Honourary Chairperson of the Council of Canadians.

Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson: "I think the Central Experimental Farm is a real gem in the city and I don't think the public wants to take open and green space and have it developed." (From: friendsofthefarm newsletter, summer of 2013, page 10/12.)

Member of Parliament Hazen Robert Argue, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.): House of Commons Ottawa August 1, 1958: "I would express the hope that the central experimental farm may be kept in its present form and its present location...I think it is doing tremendous work and is, amongst other things, a most valuable tourist attraction in the capital city."

Senator Anne Cools

Mr. Walter David Baker, Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition, Progressive Conservative Party Deputy House Leader (Grenville-Carleton): House of Commons Ottawa November 4, 1974: "...There really is no open or green space available for those who live in high-rise housing, row housing, in condominiums or in densely populated areas. That green and open space which normally is provided by one's backyard, or by the neighbourhood park, must be provided in those areas by green belt areas such as the Experimental Farm."

Minister of Public Works Howard Charles Green (Vancouver) PC House Leader, Secretary of State for External Affairs: House of Commons Ottawa August 1, 1958:

The Hon. George James McIlraith, House of Commons Ottawa August 1, 1958.

Politician and writer Clive Doucet - The Reimagine Ottawa petition has more than 8,000 signatures.

Ottawa City Councillor Katherine Hobbs

Ottawa City Councillor Catherine McKenney

Ottawa City Councillor Jeff Leiper

Ottawa City Councillor Rawlson King

Ottawa City Councillor Shawn Menard

Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden

Member of Parliament David Bruce Daubney (Ottawa West) House of Commons Ottawa May 13, 1998:

Organizations that want to save the Farm:

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Save the Central Experimental Farm - Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital

Saving the Central Experimental Farm - Heritage Ottawa

Save the Farm - Protest to save our trees and greenspace

Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association

The National Trust for Canada

Friends of the Farm