Bill S-203, An Act to amend the National Capital Act.

 I feel that it is important to update my blog post, because recent actions by all levels of government and foreign entities will negatively affect protected landscapes and heritage properties.

1.) Earnscliffe on 140 Sussex Drive.

2.) The Sparks Street Mall.

3.) Dominion Observatory, Queen Juliana Park, Historic Hedge Collection, Department of Agriculture Recreational Association (DARA) Tennis Club, Rideau Canal Hartwell Locks, Maple Drive.

Maple Drive "It is imperative that supplemental trees be planted to preserve the beauty and recreational nature of Maple Drive for the numerous pedestrians, cyclists and visitors passing the historic buildings, ornamental shrubs and greenhouses." (Submission on Civic Hospital Development Plan by Botanica Residents Community, Kitchissippi, Ottawa, August 12, 2021, page 7/15.)

4.) The National Capital Region Scenic Highways - The NCC Parkway on the CEF is being widened from 2 lanes to 4.

5.) The Ottawa Greenbelt, and federal urban parkland--- Commissioners Park and Major's Hill Park. "The  22-acre Commissioners Park is a part of the Greenbelt. Community organizations fear that the property will be converted to a parking lot." 

Mr. Al Speyers (President, Alliance to Save Our Green Belt): "...We support and share Minister Baird's concerns that the greenbelt should not be whittled away and serve as a land bank for municipal projects. A new statute protecting the greenbelt could be enacted, such as the NCC Greenbelt Act." (House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities-October 26, 2009.)

6.) Rideau Canal bridges and dams. 

Senator Serge Joyal talking about Bill S-203 in the Senate of Canada-A YouTube video from December 12, 2019. 

7.) The inability of any form of government to rein in the city of Ottawa---25,000 trees were clear cut on the Tewin lands in the dead of night, without a tree removal permit; more than 100 trees on Lansdowne were chopped down without a tree removal permit; 

A highway is being constructed on Mer Bleue in the Greenbelt; the City has the power to decide if vehicles are permitted on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill; federal land is being encroached upon for a municipal transitway project---Parliament Hill and the Supreme Court of Canada. The tallest building in the Capital has been greenlighted at Carling and Preston---a 60-storey condominium.

 

"Did the neighbours want a 45-storey building at Carling and Preston, with a new hospital across the street, complete with 3,400 parking spots in what is now green space? Not the ones I've spoken to. Are they getting both? Of course." (Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen-June 2021.)