"He felt that the only way to have a greenbelt and to keep it was that the most senior level of government in Canada would have to establish it, maintain it, keep it and preserve it." (House of Commons Ottawa October 26, 2009 Evidence (TRAN (40-2) No. 32.)
"We have no confidence at all, Sir, from our long history with the local municipality and now of course, the City of Ottawa. Cities are essentially vehicles for development. Their election campaigns are over 90% financed by the development community."
"The (National Capital) commission has the power to reclassify downward any lands it deems necessary, including greenbelt lands...Our concern is that the ecologically less significant lands, although part of the whole, may lose their greenbelt designation to satisfy some development proposal.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greenbelt Master Plan, Consultation Report-Phase 1-Step C-Land Use Concept Prepared for the National Capital Commission January 2012.
- Potential removal of Greenbelt designation from the Nepean Sportsplex.
- Potential removal of Greenbelt designation from the Eagleson Park and Ride.
- Potential removal of Greenbelt designation from the airport lands.
- Possible disposal of Parcel 1, an idle idle agricultural field, bounded by Highway 416, Richmond Road and Baseline Road.
- Possible sale of Parcel 2, the site at the southwest corner of Woodroffe Avenue and Hunt Club Road with buildings.
- Possible sale of Parcel 3, the lands east of Conroy Road and south of Hunt Club with small trees.
- Possible sale of Parcel 4, an isolated parcel on the west side of Highway 417, which is a mixture of idle field and small trees.
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Greenbelt land can only be sold for government of Canada institutions and municipal/provincial infrastructure projects---the Canadian Food Inspection Agency; National Defence; Agriculture Canada laboratories, etc.
The Greenbelt is off-limits to housing and commercial developers, stadiums, hospitals etc. because it is part of the National Interest Land Mass: House of Commons Ottawa October 26, 2009 Jean-Paul Murray, Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee: "The government established the NILM in 1988 following a recommendation by the Nielsen Commission that it curtail the NCC and impose a managerial discipline on its real estate transactions."
More importantly, 900 square miles of land in the National Capital Region are a memorial to Canadian soldiers: "Gatineau Park is the cornerstone of a great memorial dedicated to the 42,000 Canadian soldiers who died defending our democratic values in World War 11." (House of Commons October 26, 2009 Jean-Paul Murray, Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee.)
"Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity." (The Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.)
"The Experimental Farm forms a central park within a residential area of Ottawa, and its venues constitute a part of the driveways of the Federal District Commission." (The Greber Report of 1950, page 167/395.)
Summary of the NCC Corporate Plan 2019-2020 to 2023-2024. Transfer of Regional Interest Land Mass: "Over time, the NCC will explore options to transfer NCC-owned RILM properties to another appropriate steward such as a municipality."
The NCC's war on cars. House of Commons Ottawa May 15, 1970 Mr. D. Gordon Blair (Grenville-Carleton) Liberal: "I would like to direct a question to the Acting Prime Minister and I regret that I was not able to give him notice."
"Is the government aware of a statement or statements to the press by the the Chairman of the National Capital Commission to the effect that he might close the national capital parkways in this region for a week for the strange purpose of proving their importance in carrying traffic? The second part of my question is whether the Acting Prime Minister can assure the House that the government will not permit the people of this area to be inconvenienced by the disruption that this extraordinary and senseless experiment would cause?''
The Hon. G.J. McIlraith (Solicitor General of Canada) (Acting Prime Minister) Liberal: "The statement has caused concern. I am very doubtful that the Chairman of the commission has any such authority under the National Capital Act passed by this Parliament."
Removal of vehicles from downtown. House of Commons Ottawa June 1, 1970Mr. Skoberg (New Democratic Party): "Is the Government of Canada, through the National Capital Commission, giving favorable consideration to the development of a plan which would eliminate automobiles from the down-town area of Ottawa?"
Mr. Abram Epp; Mr. Martin O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion): "At present, no plan exists for the elimination of automobiles from down-town Ottawa."
"De-pave the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway" - An opinion by an Ottawa Citizen reader, February 25, 2014. "The impending removal from the Parkway of hundreds of buses per day leads us to question whether it makes sense to devote a huge portion of the city's prime riverside real estate to a commuter roadway."
De-paving the Scenic Parkways will create billions of dollars of "surplus" Crown real estate. The federal driveways cannot be privatized--"Land forming part of the National Interest Land Mass will be retained by the National Capital Commission on behalf of the government in perpetuity."
Scenic Parkways in 1988:
- Ottawa River Parkway, Wellington Street to Carling Avenue - 254 ha.
- Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive - 15 ha.
- Airport - 120 ha.
- Eastern Parkway Hemlock Road to Hwy 417 - 72 ha.
- Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Parkway from Sussex Drive to the Greenbelt - 255 ha,
- Ottawa River shoreline proposed Voyageur Parkway - 84 ha.
- Leamy Lake Park and part of the Philemon Wright Corridor - 285 ha. (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC).
Proposed National Interest Land Mass properties:
- Experimental Farm Drive Corridor, Queensway to Experimental Farm - 76.0 ha.
- Western Parkway Corridor, Carling Avenue to Queensway - 40.0 ha.
- Alta Vista Corridor, Kitchener Ave to Smyth Road - 69.0 ha.
- Hull South Parkway, Lucerne Blvd to Gatineau Park - 275.0 ha.
- Part of Philemon Wright Corridor - 103 ha. (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC.)
House of Commons Ottawa July 22, 1960 Mr. Thomas Miller Bell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) (Carleton) "...Among the new projects to be undertaken, I believe the Ottawa river parkway takes the highest priority. Properly designed, it will be an almost revolutionary addition to our parkway system. To the whole capital it will give new character, added personality and distinction. No other project can have such immediate significance."
2067 Greenbelt Vision Statement "The Greenbelt will forever protect natural systems, agriculture and opportunities for outdoor recreation that will inspire Canadians and contribute to the sustainability and quality of life in Canada's Capital Region. The Greenbelt will remain in the public domain." (Page 53 out of 196 pages.)
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