Debates of the Senate of Canada, December 12, 2019. The Hon. Acting Speaker: "Senator Duffy?" "Thank you Your Honour. Congratulations Senator Joyal, on your two pieces legislation today. I join everyone else here in expressing our gratitude on behalf of all Canadians for your amazing contributions to building a better Canada over your entire political career, and I feel that will continue."
"Do you think it would be a good idea to expand your bill, or would it require another piece of legislation to preserve the unique nature of the capital, so that the Greenbelt will be protected and that places like the Experimental Farm, which is in the middle of the city of Ottawa, will also be protected. Because of this pressure for urban development, we have developers looking at this land saying, 'Hey, there's millions of dollars to be made here.' So far as I can tell, they are not in a much better position than we are with the Chateau Laurier in that those lands are quite valuable."
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| The Greenbelt Research Farm was an annex of the Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue in Ottawa. "As of March 31, 1998, the Greenbelt Research Farm, which covers 1,200 hectares of land bordered by Hunt Club, Woodroffe Avenue, Fallowfield Road and Greenbank Road, ceased to function as an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre. This was announced in the 1995 Federal Budget." (From: NCR Region Greenbelt.) |
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