The many reasons why Canadensis on the Experimental Farm will never proceed.

 

A recent image from "Canadensis, the Garden of Canada." This is far more than 34 acres, Canadensis.

1.) Before he was elected as a Member of Parliament, Yasir Naqvi promised that he would save what was left of the Experimental Farm---after the Civic Hospital built parking lots, towers and medical buildings on the land.

2.) The Arboretum Woods are legally protected.

3.) The entire Experimental Farm is a National Interest Land Mass. The NILM legislation was created by Prime Minister Mulroney in 1988, to rein in the NCC and to prevent the City of Ottawa from using federal properties as a land bank.

4.) The Rideau Canal from the Chateau Laurier to Hog's Back is designated a National Interest Land Mass, and the National Capital Commission cannot sell, lease or subdivide land beside the Rideau Canal.

5.) The Rideau Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and buffer zones cannot be breached.

6.) The Experimental Farm and the waterway are National Historic Sites of Canada.

7.) Prince of Wales Drive is part of Jacques Greber's Memorial in perpetuity to Canadian soldiers who were killed fighting in foreign wars. From: The Greber Report of 1950.