Sunday, September 25, 2022

Parks Canada should not be involved with Ottawa's Greenbelt.

Parks Canada should be a gatekeeper, a protector of Canadian Historic Sites and Monuments.  However:

  • The Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario was sold to a developer.
  • The site of Montgomery's Tavern on 2384 Yonge Street in Toronto is a high-rise condo.
  • The Ottawa Teachers College at 195 Elgin was sold or given to Ottawa City Hall.
  • Prime Minister Mulroney halted the demolition of the Royal Canadian Mint on Sussex Drive.
  • Plans were in place to demolish Ottawa's Union Station, Toronto's Union Station and Summerhill Station in North Toronto.
  • Ottawa's Dominion Observatory campus may be flattened because the Civic Hospital does not want irregular parcels of land. And the South Azimuth will interfere with the widening of Maple Drive. Maple Drive is being restricted to ambulances and other emergency vehicles.
 The United Nations agency UNESCO is thinking of removing the designation World Heritage Site from the Rideau Canal and from Wood Buffalo Park, Canada's largest park.

UNESCO State of Conservation Report - The Rideau Canal -May of 2018.
  1. Various federal infrastructure investment projects along the length of the Rideau Canal World Heriage property.
  2. Rideau Canal crossing pedestrian bridge. (Ottawa)
  3. Chateau Laurier proposed expansion. (Ottawa)
  4. Highway 417 bridge rehabilitation. (Ottawa)
  5. Third Bridge crossing. (Kingston)
  6. Rideau Marina (Kingston)  The Ontario Land Tribunal/Ontario Municipal Board rejected an application to build apartments on the land.
  7. Former Davis Tannery Brownfield Site Redevelopment (Kingston)
  8. New Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus (Ottawa)

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