Laws that prevent a medical centre from building on the Farm.

1.)  A 1954 Privy Council Order-in-Council.

2.)  The Farm, Dominion Observatory and the Rideau Canal are National Historic Sites.

3.)  The Rideau Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with buffer zones. Views of the Rideau Canal at Dows Lake cannot be obliterated by buildings or landscaping.

4.)  Commissioners Park is part of the Greenbelt. The Greenbelt was created by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Jacques Greber to honour Canadian soldiers. 

5.)  The entire Experimental Farm is a National Interest Land Mass. NILM properties cannot be sold or subdivided.

6.)  The Arboretum Woods, Experimental Farm Woods and Prince of Wales Woods are protected by the City of Ottawa. (Google: urban natural features strategy City of Ottawa April 11, 2006.)

House of Commons Ottawa June 1, 1951 Winfield Chester Scott McLure (Progressive Conservative): "The experimental farm is one of the finest beauty spots in this beautiful city of Ottawa. It is a place where visitors and tourists should be taken because nowhere in America will you find a spot as beautiful as the central experimental farm at Ottawa."

Most of the experimental farms in Canada are gone, Crown corporations that operate at arms-length from the federal government, from the people. 

Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario - The National Capital Commission gave 50 acres of land to the Ottawa Hospital Corporation, and several tracts of land along Baseline Road were sold to the City of Ottawa Corporation for a transit project.

Greenbelt Research Farm, Nepean, Ontario - At one time the land mass encompassed 4,000 acres. The 2,000 plus acre farm was transferred to the National Capital Commission for $1 dollar in 1998. ("Behind closed doors, with no one allowed to watch and listen, members of the National Capital Commission ponder making deals with Nortel, battling El Nino and buying the Experimental Farm for $1 dollar." by Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, August 24, 1998.)

Gamelin Research Farm, Gatineau, Quebec - Transferred to the National Capital Commission.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz prevented the sale of Ravenwood, but Upton Farm is gone. A song on YouTube called "Help Save Old Upton Farm" laments the loss of the property.

"Help Save Old Upton Farm" YouTube.

Former Dominion Farms were located in:

Vegreville, Alberta, near Edmonton.

Kapuskasing, Ontario.

Morden, Manitoba.

Brandon, Manitoba,

Indian Head, Saskatchewan.

Rosthern, Saskatchewan.

Scott, Saskatchewan.

Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Quebec.

Cap Rouge, Quebec.

Lennoxville, Quebec.

La Ferme, Quebec.

Farnham, Quebec.

Lacombe, Alberta.

Agassiz, British Columbia.

Invermere, B.C.

Sidney, B.C.

Summerland, B.C.

A local Mennonite colony bought the animals and the 845 acre federal property was sold to the City of Kapuskasing.

House of Commons Ottawa May 13, 1960. Douglas Scott Harkness (Minister of Agriculture) Progressive Conservative: Mr. Harkness: "I think my views with regard to the central experimental farm are well known and have been very well publicized in the local Ottawa papers. I have stated on numerous occasions that I am opposed to any of this land being alienated for building purposes...In the two or three years since I have been minister the only construction has been for laboratories for the use of the scientists who are carrying on experimental work on the farm."