Crown assets.

 House of Commons Ottawa May 21, 1982 BILL C-91,THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT-THE PUBLIC LAND GRANTS ACT. Mr. Thomas Fennell, Progressive Conservative: "...I would like to return to Clause 2 of this bill. I refer to the phrase "sold or leased by tender or at auction after public advertisement, unless it is otherwise authorized by the governor in council"...This legislation has gone too far and I do not know how much further the minister plans to go with respect to land. I know that many tourist operators would be delighted to purchase Parks Canada. There is nothing stopping the government from selling that land to the Americans, Germans, Russians or whoever might want to buy it, because this bill does not contain the proper language and has been improperly drafted so we can sell our parks to the highest bidder. Possibly it may be an improvement to have them run by private enterprise, but the fact is the parks belong to Canadians."

Mr. Lorne Nystrom (Yorkton-Melville) New Democratic Party: "Mr. Speaker, I wish to say a few words on this bill...Our main concern is that we have more accountability and a strengthening of parliamentary committees so that we as the people's representatives can make sure that billions of taxpayers dollars are spent properly. We as parliamentarians should not be here just as a bunch of people screaming, hollering and bellowing; we should have some input and legislative power over the direction of the government."

"We must do whatever we can to bring the government to the people. The government must reflect the wishes of ordinary people. I believe that the Canadian values of equality, sharing, democracy and liberty exist. I believe that those values are felt by the overwhelming majority, and I believe it is time that the Government of Canada recognized that and governed for the people. In its contracting and leasing of government buildings the government should be more democratic and allow us as Members of Parliament to have an input so that the institutions of Canada, including the Government of Canada, could be a mirror and reflect the great people of this country."

A few years ago Parks Canada wanted to sell $8 billion dollars worth of infrastructure in the National Parks---highways, roads, dams, culverts, bridges, etc,

National Parks in Canada as of September 2022.

• Jasper
• Banff
• Waterton 
• Yoho
• Kootenay
• Kluane
• Gros Morne
• Fundy
• Prince Edward Island
• Elk Island
• Bruce Peninsula - TV Ontario produced a wonderful documentary called "TRIPPING the Bruce" that can be viewed on YouTube.
• Cape Breton Highlands
• Riding Mountain
• Nahanni
• La Mauricie
• Point Pelee
• Kejimkujik
• Forillon
• Georgian Bay Islands
• Auyuittuq
• Grasslands
• Mount Revelstoke
• Thousand Islands
• Torngat Mountains
• Qausuittuq
• Vuntu
• Ivvavik
• Glacier
• Mealy Mountains
• Saquenay-St. Lawrence Marine Parks
• Parc national du Mont-Tremblant
• Parc national de la Gaspesie
• Wood Buffalo

The Rideau Canal is a Parks Canada property and the waterway has many bridges and dams.