The sale and giveaway of Canadian federal government property.

The Fraser Institute.

 Ottawa bridges - In 1995-96 the Commission signed an agreement to sell the Laurier and Mackenzie Bridges to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton for the consideration of one dollar. (NCC Annual Report for 1995 and 1996, page 45/111.)

CBC Jarvis Street Headquarters, Toronto - 

Dows Lake parking lot near Carling Avenue in Ottawa - owned by all the citizens of Canada, and worth $4 million dollars. Donated to a medical centre for $1 dollar.

Public Services and Procurement Canada is planning to transfer highways within Confederation Heights (Riverside Drive and Heron Road) to the city of Ottawa. Road Network- "City council shall support the ownership transfer from Public Works and Government Services to the City, those portions of Heron Road and Riverside Drive that traverse the Confederation Heights area to have them formally integrated as part of the arterial road network."

Other initiatives: "Discourage the use by employees of private automobiles." (Google: 7.0 Confederation Heights Master Plan-City of Ottawa.)

WEF pushes countries to outlaw private vehicle ownership for ordinary citizens. English and European royalty; billionaires; politicians and even Greta Thunberg do not have to abide by these measures. 

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The 1975-1976 Annual Report of the National Capital Commission - Selling and giving away federal government property in the National Capital Region for provincial and municipal projects is unconstitutional--- according to the document "The National Interest." That is why federal politicians John Baird and John Manley wanted the Lebreton Flats to be a national park. Why Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent refused to let Ottawa City Hall build on the Farm. Why the National Archives can be constructed on Lebreton Flats but not a city library.

THE NATIONAL INTEREST

"Up until recent years, the NCC and its predecessors were in effect the only long-range planners for the National Capital Region. But as Ottawa, Hull and their surroundings grew, other jurisdictions began to assume their own and proper responsibilities for planning. Naturally, administrative conflicts have resulted.

Under the National Capital Act, the Commission is responsible for protecting and promoting the national interest in the Capital. The objectives and purposes of the Commission are set out in the Act: "To prepare for and assist in the development, conservation and improvement of the National Capital Region in order that the nature and seat of the government of Canada may be in accordance with its national significance."

It has been argued by some that only municipal authorities have the responsibility for promulgating and implementing region-wide plans in the National Capital Region. The Commission holds that this view is unconstitutional.

Provincial and municipal authorities have responsibility for local concerns in their respective jurisdictions in the Region. But their responsibilities cannot be construed as representing the national interest. If Parliament had not wanted to see a national character for the Capital it would not have created a national agency for that purpose, and there has been such a national agency since 1899.

An important aspect of this agency - now the NCC - has always been its non-partisan character. The agency has always enjoyed the confidence of successive Parliaments and governments since Laurier's day and progress in the National Capital has never been identified with the policies of a particular government. The resultant continuity and stability are at least partly responsible for the quality of development so far.

The Commission has functions different from those of a government department. Its special advisory committees - on planning, on design and on property transactions - are able to assess federal projects in the region from a national viewpoint. The committees, like the 20 Commissioners themselves, are drawn from all regions and provinces of Canada and they give Parliament and the government independent professional advice in the fields of architecture, urban planning, environment, transportation and land use and development.

In short, the emphasis in the Commissions policies and operations is on the national view in the planning and development of the Capital."