Monday, June 13, 2022

Has Canadensis already started their project? How many trees in the Arboretum and Fletcher Wildlife Garden are being sacrificed?

The blue gates are blocking the entrance to the Arboretum on the Experimental Farm. As I mentioned before, the sign reads "New project." 


"In cooperation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Arboretum, the Fletcher Wildlife Garden and the Experimental Farm, Canadensis Garden will be a showcase for our changing times."

 The Arboretum Woods are untouchable, Google: "urban natural features strategy City of Ottawa, April 11, 2006." How many trees will be chopped down for Canadensis, a fenced-in commercial enterprise?

 I thought you were going to save what was left of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi. 

Canadensis is presenting its Annual General Meeting on June 16, 2022 from 7 pm to 9 pm, a virtual meeting via Zoom.

 The Red Barn, adjacent to Prince of Wales Drive is apparently now owned by Canadensis.

And buffer zones protect the Rideau Canal. But Parks Canada does not care about the Rideau Canal designation and viewscapes---evidenced by the fact that the agency permitted the occupation of Dow's Lake property by the Ottawa Hospital Corporation; and Parks Canada is permitting a multinational corporation called Fairmont to build condos behind the Chateau Laurier Hotel.The Chateau Laurier is being integrated with the federal Major's Hill Park. Members of Parliament and a report from ten years ago recommended that a fence separate the hotel from Major's Hill. 

Queen Juliana Park on Carling near Preston was dedicated to the memory of the more than 7,000 Canadian soldiers who were killed during the liberation of the Netherlands during World War 11. I never saw "No Trespassing-Private Property" signs on the park until very recently, nor did I ever see a tall fence encircle the landscape. The park was a venue for Canada Day, indigenous Pow Wows, the Tulip Festival and Italian Week, and fundraising events were held for Juvenile Diabetes and the animal shelter. A carnival featured a ferris wheel and games. 

The four-storey parking garage that will be built on Queen Juliana Park, part of the Experimental Farm in Ottawa.



The Dominion Arboretum in October of 1963. The Arboretum is an 86-acre parcel of public land located between Prince of Wales Drive and the Rideau Canal. A National Archives photo.



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