Surplus government land and buildings.

"The state's estate. Devaluing and revaluing "surplus" public land in Canada...Since the mid-1990's public real property in Canada has been subject to regular scrutiny through bureaucratic procedures aimed at ridding the state's estate of all 'surplus' properties...Canadian public land is being privatized though devaluation and revaluation by the state" by Heather Whiteside.

Mid-1990's - The American Embassy is built on Parliament Hill. House of Commons July 6, 1903 Sir Robert Borden- (when the Chateau Laurier bought a section of Major's Hill Park) "The park is a portion of the national domain and a portion of the grounds of parliament hill."

The land was destined for Major's Hill Park after the World War 11 temporary buildings were removed. From "Dreams of Major's Hill Park-1969-1970."

1995- The Canadian Crown corporation CN Rail is privatized. No restrictions were placed on foreign ownership, and CN Towers in Toronto, London, Ontario, Saskatoon and Edmonton are no longer public assets. The Crown corporation Via Rail has to pay the CNR millions of dollars a year to use railway tracks that were built by our ancestors. And Via does not have priority use of the tracks.