Tall blue fences may cut off public access to a federal park in Ottawa.

 Are the chainsaws on their way to Queen Juliana Park, 870 Carling Avenue and the Dow's Lake parking lot? See the video on Reimagine Ottawa's Twitter site.

Concerns about the National Capital Commission from:

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau "The National Interest." The NCC was not created to plan or to finance municipal and provincial projects that are not beneficial for all Canadians.

Senator Noel Kinsella

Senator Anne Cools

Former Ottawa mayors Jacquelin Holzman and Jim Durrell

Federal Minister of Public Works Erik Nielsen

Former Chair of the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow

Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan

Former head of the NCC Jean Pigott: House of Commons Ottawa January 30, 1978. Mrs. Jean E. Pigott (Ottawa-Carleton) Moved: "That, in the opinion of this House, the National Capital Commission is not sufficiently accountable to those who live in the national capital region or the people of Canada, and exercises its powers in an arbitrary manner without adequate consultation with other levels of government and that, as a just step, there should be a permanent joint standing committee on the national capital region.

Member of Parliament Stanley Knowles House of Commons Ottawa January 30, 1978. Mr. Knowles (NDP House Leader, Winnipeg-North Centre) New Democratic Party: "Mr. Speaker, even though the hon. member for Ottawa-Carleton (Mrs. Pigott) and the hon. minister for Ottawa West (Mr. Francis) may have some matters on which they do not agree, they are in agreement on what is being asked for, both in this motion and in the name of the hon. member for Ottawa West...In both cases they are seeking some democratization of the operations of the National Capital Commission. That is a position, Mr. Speaker, that I think should be fully supported by this House."

"I was glad to hear the hon. member for Ottawa West say a few things which make it clear that, even though he is an Ottawa resident, that there is a sense in which this area belongs to Canada. It is the nation's capital. It is appropriate that the people of Canada through their parliament and their government should have something to say about what goes on in the planning of this general area. As I say, no one quarrels with that. But from that position the National Capital Commission seems to have evolved in a way which, as both previous speakers have pointed out, includes no elected members and operates on its own self-created mandate."

The Hon. Lloyd Francis, Speaker of the House of Commons and Member of Parliament.

Member of Parliament Don Boudria House of Commons Ottawa

Member of Parliament Barry Turner House of Commons Ottawa