Politicians who wanted to save the Experimental Farm.

An update: Ottawa Mayoral Candidate and City Councillor Catherine McKenney,City Councillors Shawn Menard, Jeff Leiper, and Rawlson King; MPP Joel Harden, writer and politician Clive Doucet.

In the past: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson "I think the Central Experimental Farm is a real gem in the city and I don't think the public wants to take an open and green space and have it developed." (friendsofthefarm newsletter, summer of 2013, page 10/12.)

Prime Ministers of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mackenzie King, Louis St-Laurent, Pierre Trudeau, Brian Mulroney.

Agriculture Ministers Sydney Fisher, William Motherwell, Thomas Crerar, James Gardiner, Douglas Harkness, John James Greene, Bud Olson, Eugene Whelan, John Wise, Gerry Ritz,

Senator Anne Cools.

Ministers of Public Works George McIlraith, Howard Charles Green, Lucien Cardin,

Members of Parliament Elizabeth May, Richard Cannings, Marlene Catterall, David Daubney,

Minister of National Defence Barnett Danson.

Speaker of the House of Commons Lloyd Francis.

Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition Walter Baker.

Agriculture Minister Sydney Fisher and Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the grounds of the property, early 1900's. The photo is from the National Archives.

YouTube videos

"Ottawa prepares to hand over historic federal farmland to corporate developers." Filmed at the Dominion Observatory in 2017.

"Snow Music: Color/Dance" with music by George Winston.

"Ottawa Snow Drive and Walk, NCC Scenic Driveway Experimental Farm" January 3, 2021.

Petitions

Organizations that want to preserve the land

• friendsofthefarm
• reimagine Ottawa
• Friends of the Central Experimental Farm
• Protect the Farm-Home|Facebook
• Saving the Experimental Farm|Heritage Ottawa
• COALITION TO SAVE THE CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM
• Canadian Council on Food Sovereignty and Health
• Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (1974)
• Save the Experimental Farm (1975)
• Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital
• Contentworks "Coalition fights to save Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa."
• National Trust for Canada
• SAVE THE FARM - Protest to save our trees and greenspace - Ecology Ottawa

A 1974 Ottawa Journal article.