The untouchable federal properties that were monetized.

 National Interest Land Mass properties were off-limits to developers and foreign, provincial and municipal governments.

"The Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site is designated in its entirety as part of the National Interest Land Mass. These lands are essential for the long-term symbolism, function, physical structure and natural and cultural landscapes of the Capital. Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the National Capital Commission in perpetuity for purposes which lie at the core of the NCC's mandate." (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC). A revenue generating parking garage is now being constructed on the site.

Protected by the NILM designation:

• Gatineau Park
• the Greenbelt, 50 thousand acres approximately.
• Agriculture Canada Research Farms on Woodroffe Avenue and Carling Avenue (more)
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Views of the Parliamentary Precinct were impacted by the construction of an American Embassy on Sussex Drive:

 "Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton Response to NCC's Draft Plan for Canada's Capital, September 22, 1998 :"Councillor Legendre noted in the 'Urban Design' section of the NCC's report, the policy spoke to protecting the views and symbolic primacy of the Parliament Buildings. He said similar words had long been used in the NCC's vision documents. Yet he felt when a project or specific proposal came foreword, the NCC offered no support. The Councillor said the most recent example of this was the new American Embassy. He recounted he had been on City Council when the proposal came foreword, and the NCC had offered no support with regard to protecting the views and vistas of Parliament Hill, particularly from the Byward Market along Clarence Street looking toward Parliament Hill." (page 2/22)

Councillor Munter emphasized that many in the community were puzzled by the Metcalfe Street proposal, which would entail the destruction of many buildings.

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau wanted the "embassy" land on Sussex Drive returned to Canadians when the World War Two temporary buildings were removed. (Google: "Dreams of Major's Hill Park, 1969-1970".) Just as the prime minister returned a park at Carling and Preston to Canadians when the temporary buildings were demolished in 1976.

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Moffat Farm - an 84-acre Veteran's Affairs park.

The NCC wants to convert part of the Greenbelt into a National Urban Park. NILM farms and parkland cannot subdivided or sold:

House of Commons Ottawa October 26, 2009 Evidence (Tran (40-2) No. 32: "Jacques Greber had no confidence in lower levels of government. 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. 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." Al Speyers, Alliance to Save Our Greenbelt.