The Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa cannot be privatized.

 Properties in the Precinct:

• The Parliament Buildings including the Library of Parliament.
• Supreme Court of Canada.
• Senate of Canada - the former Union Station.
• Library and Archives Canada on Wellington Street.
• the heritage buildings across from Parliament Hill.
• the northern half of the Sparks Street Mall.
• the Lebreton Flats are the Western Annex of the Parliamentary Precinct: House of Commons Ottawa, February 23, 1965: The Hon. Mr. Cardin (Minister of Public Works) Liberal: "...Some time ago a decision was reached to construct the Department of National Defence Headquarters in the Lebreton Flats area. At that time it was also decided that other government buildings should be located in the same area, forming a government complex of office buildings from Parliament Hill to Lebreton Flats."
•   House of Commons Ottawa, November 23, 1967: The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works) "The Lebreton Flats were envisioned as a western extension to the Parliamentary Precinct. Buildings on or near the Parliamentary Precinct cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower."
• Major's Hill Park. House of Commons Ottawa, July 6, 1908: The Hon. Robert Laird Borden (Conservative) "...The park is a portion of the national domain, and a portion of the grounds of Parliament."
• The Dominion Observatory campus on the Experimental Farm. "The popularity of the Observatory occurred when it opened in 1905, due to the support of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Laurier's advocation reinforced the idea that this Observatory was to be considered an arm of the parliamentary precinct. At the time it was recognized as a national achievement, where the nation's time would be kept." "(the buildings) would be symbols of Canada's progress in astronomical science." ("Astronomer Mary Grey and the Architecture of Canada's Dominion Observatory" Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Sharon Odell, page 10/67.) (The Ottawa Hospital does not plan to preserve the Dominion Observatory for several reasons:

1.)  The hospital does not want irregular parcels of land. 2.) The South Azimuth is interfering with plans to widen Maple Drive. The North Azimuth was demolished when Carling Avenue was widened. 3.) Access to Maple Drive/the Observatory will be restricted to vehicles that serve the Ottawa Hospital.)