The devolution of federal property in Ottawa.

 Environment Minister Jim Prentice refused to give the City of Ottawa 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt for housing. ("Ottawa Greenbelt Development Under Review" June 17, 2008--"The City of Ottawa has identified more than 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt that could be developed."). "Canada can build more homes 'without getting rid of Greenbelts' Poilievre says." August 23, 2023. Josh Pringle and Bill Carroll, CFRA, The Morning Rush.

The former Agriculture Canada Research Farm bordered by Hunt Club Road, Woodroffe Avenue, Fallowfield Road and Greenbank Road. 

Jacques Greber did not want the province of Ontario or the City of Ottawa to have any involvement with the Greenbelt. House of Commons October 26, 2009 Evidence Al Speyers, Alliance to Save Our Greenbelt: "Jacques Greber felt that the only way to have a Greenbelt and 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."

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Federal properties in the National Capital that were decommissioned or they may be privatized in the future: Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan refused to give the National Capital Commission 700 acres of the Farm on Carling Avenue for housing.The Moffat Farm near Mooney's Bay. Senator Noel Kinsella and Senator Anne Cools were opposed to the sale of Moffat Farm.

Rideau Canal bridges, dams and corridors.Lazy Bay Commons in Mechanicsville.Earnscliffe.

Chateau Laurier. Major's Hill Park was part of Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Trudeau wanted to create a park on the land.

 Photo is from "Dreams of Major's Hill Park, 1969-1970." 

"Extensive demolition or relocation of buildings is required for the new build to proceed."

Sir John Carling Location  On this site we have at least 24 buildings including Buildings 1 to 9, the Natural Resources Campus including the Dominion Observatory. 

Building 49, William Saunders. Vacant.

Building 20, K.W. Neatby and Oilseed Research Centre.

Google: "New Civic Campus. A 21st century hospital in the heart of Canada's Capital" April of 2016, page 10/76.

HEADS UP! ROAD CLOSURE ON BIRCH DRIVE. 

• Section of Birch Drive closed on July 11, 2022 at the new hospital site.
• Birch Drive closure at Maple Drive and bulldozer, August 16, 2022.
• "Construction Site". Birch Drive closure near the William Saunders building, August 16, 2022. (friendsofthefarm newsletter, Fall of 2022, Volume 34, page 3/12. Photos are included in the article.)
  
  
  

24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa is a National Interest Land Mass.

 24 Sussex Drive cannot be flattened and the land cannot be sold. The citizens of Canada will own the National Interest Land Mass properties forever.

NILM holdings in Canada's Capital Region.. Reposting.  Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who never returned after World War 11. The Greber Report of 1950.

Gatineau Park - 79,073.722 acres in 1988. Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC

The 50,000 acre Greenbelt. House of Commons Ottawa August 11, 1987 MP Don Boudria (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Liberal) "...It is the responsibility of the NCC to protect and maintain the Greenbelt."

Victoria Island

Shoreline behind Parliament Hill

Chambers Building, Elgin and Queen

Confederation Square

Daly Building, corner of Rideau and Sussex

PM's residence

7 Rideau Gate (Guest House)

G.G.'s residence, Rideau Hall

Lebreton Flats House of Commons Ottawa November 23, 1967 The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works) "...The Lebreton Flats were envisioned as a western extension of the Parliamentary Precinct. Buildings on or near the Parliamentary Precinct cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower...The particular building under discussion will be some 4,450 feet from the Peace Tower, which is close to a mile."

The Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue in Ottawa: "The Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site is designated in its entirety as part of the National Interest Land Mass..." (From: "CEF National Historic Site Management Plan" Part 7/20.)

Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive

Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Park from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt

Lower Duck Island Ottawa River

Rideau Canal lands from downtown to Hogs Back Rd. more

The federal government wanted to designate the following land as part of the NILM:

• Experimental Farm Dr. Corridor, Queensway to Experimental Farm - 76.0 ha.
• Western Parkway Corridor, Carling Avenue to Queensway - 40 ha.
• Alta Vista Corridor, Kitchener Avenue to Smyth Road - 69.0 ha.
• Hull South Parkway, Lucerne Blvd. to Gatineau Park - 275 ha.
• Part of Philemon Wright Corridor - 103 ha. (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC) 

Catalogue of trees and shrubs at the Farm in Ottawa.

More than 700 trees at the National Historic Site of Canada are facing  destruction. Agriculture Canada employees will be forced to dig up the Historic Hedge Collection. And the City of Ottawa will encroach upon the Arboretum for their transit plan.

The beautiful Prince of Wales Drive that runs through the Farm is slated to be widened from 2 lanes to 4. I have no idea what the future holds for the cherry blossom trees.

Maple Drive is being restricted to emergency vehicles, so how will people access the Dominion Observatory and all the other Natural Resources Canada  buildings. As I mentioned before, the Dominion Observatory is part of the Parliamentary Precinct and is partly made of Nepean sandstone---the same material that the Parliament Buildings and many other landmarks in Ottawa are constructed with.

The Main Lawn on the Experimental Farm extends from the William Saunders Building to the Driveway. The Main Lawn is being taken over by the Civic Hospital. The now- vacant William Saunders Building is visible behind Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan visit the Ottawa Experimental Farm.