The future of the Arboretum and Fletcher Wildlife Garden?? Court challenges will prevent this from happening.

 

The blue gates are blocking the entrance to the Arboretum and a sign on the left reads "New project." I thought you were going to save what was left of the Farm, MP Yasir Naqvi, after the Civic ruined 50 acres, a memorial park and observatory. Apparently you are not saving anything. And the Arboretum Woods are untouchable, Google: Protected Land and Waterways in the National Capital- Table 1, Category 1. "urban natural features strategy, City of Ottawa April 11, 2006".

"Naqvi proposes protection law for Experimental Farm while Civic Hospital project rolls on" by Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 2021. "Yasir Naqvi's fight to become the MP for Ottawa Centre includes a promise to legislate the protection of the Central Experimental Farm as plans move ahead to bulldoze the eastern portion of the federal land to build a new hospital."