Is the Arboretum being sold? Translated, the blue sign reads "New project".

 Senator Anne Cools: "The public fears that many other parklands, like the Experimental Farm and the Arboretum are on the National Capital Commission's list for sale." (Senate of Canada, April 23, 2002.)

Gate 5 at the entrance to the Arbroretum on the Experimental Farm. The same blue gates surrounded Queen Juliana Park; the Sir John Carling Building cafeteria when it was demolished and Sylvia Holden Park in Lansdowne Park. 

Sylvia Holden Park - All 165 trees were removed. Videos on YouTube show people protesting, Google "Lansdowne Park tree cutting" and "Tree cutting protest at Lansdowne Park."

CBC News documented the Sylvia Holden Park controversy.