Nine hundred square miles of federal property in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who were killed fighting in foreign wars. Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
House of Commons Ottawa April 22, 1996. Petitions. MP Marlene Catterall (Ottawa West-Nepean) Liberal: "Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure to present a petition signed by close to 1,000 people. It arises from a situation that occurred in our nation's capital last year when the National Capital Commission was looking at selling off parts of green space and open corridors in the nation's capital."
"The petitioners call to the attention of the House that when Jacques Greber released his plan for the national capital in 1950 it was dedicated, at the direction of the Cabinet, as a national war memorial. Therefore the petitioners call on Parliament to ensure that this commitment and the green spaces of the nation's capital are maintained as a national war memorial and are not disposed of or sold."
Master Plan for the National Capital - General Report by Jacques Greber, 1950, page 11/395. "The Master Plan herein set forth organizes and protects a vast area of urban, rural and wooded territory." Including Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt-savecfbrockcliffe.
"That under the authority of Order in Council 5635 of August 15, 1945 an area comprising some 900 square miles, more or less, adjoining the City has been defined as the National Capital District and it has been decided to engage Mr. Greber to make a study of such area as a National War Memorial." Master Plan for the National Capital by Jacques Greber, 1950, page 15/395.
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