Agriculture Canada and the City of Ottawa wanted to preserve green spaces.

 The Natural and Open Spaces Report of 1998.

The heritage of the CEF - The Commemorative Integrity Statement for the Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site describes "Messages of National Significance" that should be communicated at the CEF. In summary these are:

• the CEF is a distinctive cultural landscape.
• the CEF is a symbol, in the heart of the Nation's Capital, of the central role of agriculture in shaping the country.
• the CEF demonstrates dominant ideas about agriculture in the 19th century.
• the CEF has made important contributions to science.
• the CEF is a rare example of a farm within a city.
• the CEF is a national historic site.

A message about the contributions of astronomy to the mapping and surveying of Canada in the 19th century could also be added. (From: Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site Management Plan, part 17/20.)

A plaque honouring Sir Sandford Fleming is attached to the front of the Dominion Observatory, near Carling Avenue in Ottawa.

The O-Train corridor near Dow's Lake, Ottawa before April of 2022.

After April of 2022. Deliberate destruction. To the person or entity that is destroying public property, do you not have a soul, a conscience? Do you not care about trees, wildlife, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Canada's history, public domain, the rights of indigenous people, the liveabilty of neighbouring communities or the future of our descendents. 

The Mulroney government refused to give Stanley Park to the City of Vancouver: House of Commons Ottawa February 4, 1986. Stanley Park - Potential transfer of title from the federal government to the City of Vancouver.