By Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 2021. MP Yasir Naqvi is still endorsing the loss of Farm land along Baseline Road for Stage 2 LRT. And he approves of the encroachment of 42 acres east of Prince of Wales Drive for the Canadensis Botanical Garden. Agriculture Canada was prepared to give the Botanical Garden 108 acres east of Prince of Wales during the year 2002:
Debates of the Senate of Canada, Ottawa April 2002-Proposal to sell Moffat Farm. A Senate of Canada investigation:
"The public fears that many other parklands, like the Experimental Farm and the Arboretum are on the National Capital Commission's list for sale." Senator Anne Cools, April 23, 2002.
Extensive demolition or relocation are required. The Sir John Carling location:
- On this site we have at least 24 buildings. Heritage buildings include Buildings 1 to 9, Natural Resources campus, including the Dominion Observatory.
- Building 49, William Saunders, vacant.
- Building 20, KW Neatby and Oilseed Research Centre.
- Extensive demolition or relocation of buildings is required for new build to proceed. (From: "The New Civic Campus: A 21st Century Hospital in the Heart of Canada's Capital" April of 2016, page 10/76.)
The Dominion Observatory campus is interfering with the conversion of Maple Drive to an
ambulance route. And the South Azimuth is definitely being removed.
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