Songs about Canada that are on YouTube.

 Bobby Gimby's Canada Song

CA-NA-DA (One little two little three Canadians) We love thee (Now we are twenty million)

CA-NA-DA (Four little five little six little provinces) Proud and free (Now we are ten and the Territories sea to sea)

North south east west there'll be happy times, Church bells will ring ring ring

It's the hundredth anniversary of Confederation, Everybody sing together! 

CA-NA-DA (Un petit, deux petit trois Canadiens) Notre pays

(Maintenant, nous sommes vingt million) 

CA-NA-DA (Quatre petites cinq petites six petites provinces) Longue vie (Et nous sommes dix plus les Territories, Longue vie)

Rah! Vive le Canada! Three cheers Hip, Hip, Hooray! Le centenaire, That's the order of the day

Frere Jacques Frere Jacques Merrily we roll along Together all the way.

Me at Expo 67 in Montreal

This Land is Your Land Canada by The Travellers

This land is your land this land is my land, from Bonavista to the Vancouver Island

From the Arctic Circle to the Great Lakes waters, this land was made for you and me.

As I went walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway

I saw below that that golden valley, this land was made for you and me.

This land is your land this land is my land, from Bonavista to the Vancouver Island

From the Arctic Circle to the Great Lakes waters, this land was made for you and me.

The sun came shining and I was strolling, and the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling

As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting, saying this land was made for you and me.

I visited Fort Henry in Kingston in 1992.

Attempts to preserve federal land holdings.

•  Action - Save the Garden City Lands-Richmond, B.C. Saved.
• Save Downsview Park-Toronto
• Save Our Station-The former CNR Outer Station on 810 Montreal Street, Kingston
• Petition-Stop the rezoning of Parks to Condos, Queen Juliana in Little Italy
• Stop the rezoning of Queen Juliana Park at 870 Carling Avenue 

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT 520 Preston Street and 930 Carling Avenue- 12 acres have been rezoned to General Urban Area by Ottawa City Council:

"Description: The purpose of the amendment is to facilitate the use of the selected site for a new Hospital. The amendment would remove approximately 5 ha. of land designated as Agricultural Research Area within the current Central Experimental Farm boundary and designate these lands as General Urban Area. It is also proposed to amend the Preston Carling District Secondary Plan to create a new "Hospital Area" designation for the entire hospital site."

This is what General Urban Area means in Canada's Capital:

1.General Urban Area permits many types and densities of housing, as well as employment, retail uses, service, industrial, cultural, leisure, green space, entertainment and institution use.

4. The General Urban Area permits uses that generate traffic, noise or other impacts that may have the potential to create conflicts within the surrounding community. 

More government of Canada properties that we are losing:

•  Rochester Field beside Maplelawn, 529 Richmond Road. The 9.3 acres were added to the Public Land Bank for affordable housing in November of 2024. ("Protecting Ottawa's Greenspaces"---Rochester Field was a popular park and soccer venue.)
• Lebreton Flats
• The National Defence Medical Centre on Smyth Road/1745 Alta Vista, Ottawa: - Comments from the public when 363 Smyth Road was sold: "Smyth Road is already too busy." "Development of this site means a loss of a large parcel of open space owned by the Crown" "This is Crown land-our land-and there should be no rush to develop it." "It is apparent that the consensus from the residents of the surrounding community was overwhelmingly negative. This totally unnecessary and unwanted project has now been approved over our heads by the City."
• Mile Circle near Rockcliffe
• The Natural Resources Canada campus on Booth Street
• The 121-acre Tunney's Pasture campus
• The 465-acre Confederation Heights campus
•  Upton Farm - Charlottetown, PEI. The song "Help Save Old Upton Farm" is on YouTube.
• Protecting the Greenbelt - Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre - I mentioned this before, the City of Ottawa wants 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt for housing, roads, etc. The Greenbelt is untouchable. (Part of an August 24, 2019 letter to the Ottawa Citizen newspaper: "Whoa. Ottawa is already at one million people and expected to grow, but nowhere are they manufacturing more greenspace. Once you permit urban development of the Greenbelt that greenspace is lost forever. In short, don't bother considering this option." Alex Cullen.)

House of Commons Ottawa May 25, 2010 Mr. Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer, Liberal): "The Liberal members from the National Capital Region, the member for Ottawa-Vanier, the member for Ottawa South and I have good reason to call for enhanced protection of the greenbelt. There are, as a matter of fact, no major regulations protecting this area. Together the City of Ottawa and the NCC could do what they like with it. We believe this greenspace must be protected from developers."

 

House of Commons Ottawa November 3, 1981 Mr. Jean-Robert Gauthier (Ottawa-Vanier) Liberal: "Last week Ottawa newspapers headlined that the NCC was prepared to give up land located in the Greenbelt, that untouchable zone surrounding the National Capital."

• "Depave the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway." "The impending removal from the parkway of hundreds of buses per day leads to the question of whether it makes sense to donate a huge portion of the city's prime riverfront real estate to a commuter roadway." (From an Ottawa Citizen interview on February 25, 2014.)

Government properties that are on the Public Land Bank for affordable housing-January 2025:

• The Shannon Park military base-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• New Glasgow Armoury, Nova Scotia
• Jean-Charles Chapais Experimental Farm-Levis, Quebec
• Kingston Pen
• 1745 Alta Vista Drive, the former National Defence Medical Centre Heating Plant. Located 3 minutes away from the Ottawa General Hospital and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. And the Ottawa Hospital needs more land for the General, Riverside and Civic.
• 5005 44th Street, Yellowknife NWT
  
  
  

Privatized.

CFB Chilliwack, CFB Jericho Beach and the Royal Roads Military College are gone. A Fraser Institute document. Danielle Smith and the Fraser Institute, 27 videos.

 

Reversionary land.

The 1984 Report of the Auditor General of Canada, Section 6.90.

 House of Commons Ottawa April 29, 1974 Mr. Hamilton (Qu'Appelle-Moose Mountain) Progressive Conservative: "Has the Minister a legal opinion from the Department of Justice as to their ownership of land underneath the rails? I put my question another way by saying that the Charter of the CPR and under the Charter of the various railways that make up the CNR, this land belonged to the Crown and was granted to the railways for the sole purpose of transportation. When any railway gives up land and no longer uses it for the purpose for which that Charter was granted, all that land reverts to the Crown which was the grantee."

Books, poetry and music that inspire me.

The Greening of America by Charles Reich, 1970

 I'm OK, You're OK---A Guide to Transactional Analysis by Dr. Thomas A. Harris

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

The Aquarian Conspiracy by Marilyn Ferguson

The poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, especially the words "You are a child of the Universe, No less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here." The 1971 song Desiderata by Les Crane is on YouTube.

The song Firework by Katy Perry

The People's Railway. Updating.

1918 - The government of Canada creates the Canadian National Railway, Canada's first Crown corporation.

1966 - Demolition of Union Station in Ottawa is halted after public opposition.

1970 - The documentary "Festival Express" featured Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Ian and Sylvia and The Band as they travelled across Canada and performed at concerts. 

1970 - Attempts were made to demolish Union Station and the Dominion Public Building on Front Street, Toronto. Union Station is now owned by the City of Toronto, and the Dominion Building next door was privatized.

1982 - The Hotel du Canada pavilion at Disney World in Florida is modelled after the Chateau Laurier.

The Hilton Corporation tries to buy the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, but the federal government tells Hilton that the Chateau is not for sale. And if it were on the market, it would be sold to a Canadian company such as the Skyline.

Songs "Movin' In (from Montreal by Train") by Stompin' Tom Conners. The YouTube video was filmed at the Parkdale Station in Toronto.

"Railroad Man" by Hank Snow of Nova Scotia is on YouTube. Also: "I've Been Everywhere", "Canadian Pacific 1971", "Green, Green Grass of Home" and "I'm Movin' On."

"Canadian Train Song" by Deryl Dale. 

Tunnels that connected CNR hotels to train stations:

• Chateau Laurier - Ottawa
• Hotel Vancouver
• Queen Elizabeth - Montreal
• Fort Garry - Winnipeg
• Hotel Macdonald - Edmonton
• Bessborough - Saskatoon
• Beausejour - Moncton
• Nova Scotian - Halifax

Privatization leads to foreign ownership House of Commons Ottawa May 15, 1995 Mr. John Soloman (Regina-Lumsden, NDP): "With no rules on foreign ownership, CN is destined, with the Liberal government's blessing, to be purchased by individuals and corporations with no interest in Canada's future. The Liberal government is exchanging an east-west transportation system for a north-south system that will see even more foreign control of the Canadian economy. Bill C-89 brings to an end Canadians' ownership and control of their own railway..."

House of Commons Ottawa February 4, 2013 Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity-Spadina, NDP): "What is happening is that our national dream is slowly drifting away as CN and CP are abandoning rail lines because they are not always profitable in this vast country of ours. Even though CN made $2.7 billion last year, it is unwilling to service some of the areas that are not turning a substantial profit. Thousands of tracks are being given up, whether they are for passenger rail or freight services."

House of Commons Ottawa May 18, 1995 Mr. Michel Guimond (Beauport-Montmorency-Orleans, BQ): "My question is for the Minister of Transport. The minister is about to privatize one of the most important crown corporations without restricting foreign ownership. CN, which was established at a cost of billions of dollars of public moneys, is an asset for Canada and Quebec. Should it be under foreign control it might not serve the interests of Canada."

Prime Minister Stephen Harper wanted to reclaim the Quebec Bridge in Laval from CN. 

Calls to re-nationalize the CNR and reclaim the original tracks more

All of the tracks in Canada should be owned by the government. MP Bill Blaikie, NDP 

The Fraser Institute:

The Fraser Institute also recommended the sale of the CN Tower, Forestry Canada, Via Rail and Canada Place in Vancouver with its iconic white sails.

"Booth Street Complex one step closer to designation under the Ontario Heritage Act".

 Heritage Ottawa, February 11, 2019.

The Booth Street campus is now included in the Public Land Bank. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney created the National Interest Land Mass in 1988---to prevent the City of Ottawa, NCC, developers etc. from using federal land and buildings as a land bank. And to stop the mass privatization of military bases, post offices, Dominion Buildings... 

I mentioned before that the campus is part of the National Interest Land Mass and will owned by Canadians in perpetuity.

The Booth Street Complex and the Farm cannot be sold. They are connected.

"Heritage buildings include Buildings 1 to 9 on the Natural Resources Canada campus, including the Dominion Observatory." (The New Civic Campus, A 21st Century Hospital in the Heart of Canada's Capital, page 10/76.)

The NRC complex and the Farm are protected by the designation National Interest Land Mass. Booth Street Complex "The site is bounded by Rochester Street to the west, Orangeville Street to the north, LeBreton Street South to the east and Carling Avenue to the south. The site area also includes the parcel at 299 Carling Avenue. The site is largely occupied by federal office and research facilities with some surface parking. The site borders Commissioner's Park to the south, residential uses to the east, Highway 417 and the residential land uses to the north, and mixed-uses including residential, office and retail uses to the west. The site is bisected by the local road network including Booth Street.

• Land Area: 10 hectares/26 acres
• Owner: Public Services and Procurement Canada, Natural Resources Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment
• Long-term planned use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment (Information is from NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital,  page 27/256.)

NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, November 2016.

Central Experimental Farm---Baseline Rd-Merivale Rd

• Land Area: 25 hectares/62 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (West)

• Land Area: 22 hectares/56 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (Central)

• Land Area: 26 hectares/65 acres
• Owner: agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/Employment
• Long term planned use: Agricultural Research and Federal Facilities/ Employment

Central Experimental Farm---Carling Ave (East)

• Land Area: 20 hectares/50 acres
• Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, NCC
• National Interest Land Mass: Yes
• Existing Land Use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Informal Greenspace, Parking
• Long term Planned Use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Greenspace (Information is from the NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, pages 26/27 of 256 pages.)

Definition of a National Interest Land Mass "Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the National Capital Commission on behalf of the government in perpetuity, for purposes which lie at the core of the NCC's mandate; and will be managed by the NCC with little or no further involvement by the Treasury Board Secretariat." (1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC Land Holdings.)

"The Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Avenue in Ottawa. The CEF National Historic Site is designated in its entirety as part of the National Interest Land Mass." (CEF National Historic Site Management Plan, Part 7/20.)

 National Historic Sites of Canada Act of 1985 - 

A Recognized Federal Heritage Building

Geological Survey of Canada Building, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa. Designation Date: 1997-11-27.

The photo is by Joseph Ting.

"Heritage buildings play a crucial role in preserving the cultural heritage of a community and provide a tangible connection to the past. They serve as symbols of cultural identity, reminding us of the rich history and tradition that have shaped our communities." (History or Heritage and what's the difference anyway? From the Internet.)

1992

 

Federal properties that were under review in 2006. (Recommended for disposal.) Updating.

Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street Ottawa. A brand-new archives building is envisioned for the Lebreton Flats. 

Sir Charles Tupper, 2720 Riverside Drive Ottawa.

John. G. Diefenbaker, 111 Sussex Drive Ottawa.

Lester B. Pearson, 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa.

East Memorial---Veterans Affairs, 284 Wellington Ottawa.

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National Printing Bureau, 45 Sacre-Coeur, Gatineau Quebec 

• National Film Board Headquarters, 3155 Cote-de-Liesse Road and 120 Houde Street, Montreal Quebec. "The former National Film Board headquarters in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, will be redeveloped into a mixed-use site. The redevelopment will include 600 to 700 apartments. Building F at 125 Houde will provide a minimum of 110 residential units. (Federal Land Initiative---Former NFB Building, August 24, 2024.)

Privatized Crown properties.

Canada's Farm in Ottawa was established in 1886.

Why is a military hospital on the Public Land Bank list.

 The National Defence Medical Centre is 3 minutes away from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa General Hospital. The Ottawa Hospital needs more land for the General, Riverside and Civic hospitals: (Google: Untitled Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital---Planning and Support Services--Land Planning Matrix, May 28, 2007.)Health care institutions cannot be encroached upon--- by housing units or commercial establishments.

Directory of Federal Real Property National Defence Medical Centre, 1867 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa.

Property Number: 08635

Custodian: National Defence

Interest: Crown Owned

Restriction: No Restriction

Primary Use: Military

Address, Place Name and Municipality: Ottawa

Province/Territory: Ontario

Federal Electoral District: Ottawa South

Census Classification: Rural

Land Area: 18.4056 ha or 45 acres

Floor Area: 35, 202 sq. m.

Record Created On: May 29th, 1990

Record Last Modified On: October 28th, 2023

The City of Ottawa planned to redevelop the 45 acres:

Hospital Lands Area Plan----City of Ottawa, September 2008.

The Civic, General and Riverside hospitals need more land.

 "The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) has developed a Master Plan which provides options and scenarios for future expansion and/or redevelopment of the Civic, General and Riverside campuses." (Planning and Support Services--Land Planning Matrix, May 28, 2007---Google: "Untitled Greenspace Alliance of Canada's Capital.")

Future Expansion--Flexibility for future expansion over and above what is currently planned.  Possible land options in 2007, NCC Options.

• Experimental Farm - Across from Existing Civic
• Experimental Farm - Across from Nepean Sportsplex
• Experimental Farm - Baseline and Fisher (Cross Road)
• Experimental Farm - Sir John Carling Building
• Hurdman Station
• Tunney's Pasture
• Bayview Yards - Adjacent to LeBreton Flats
• Woodroffe at Baseline - Beside Algonquin College
• Nortel Site - Carling at Moodie
• Confederation Heights - Riverside/Heron; Canada Post
• Booth Street 
• Hunt Club South Corner

A military hospital in Toronto was given away to the University of Toronto: House of Commons Ottawa July 12, 1966: Mr. Thomas Speakman Barnett, Comox-Alberni, B.C. (Co-operative Commonwealth Foundation CCF): "I should like to ask the Minister of Industry whether since the federal government has sold Sunnybrook Hospital to the University of Toronto for one dollar, the government will consider like action and selling a much less valuable property in Alberni for a like amount."

Parks Canada News Release, Ottawa, Ontario. January 15, 2025.

"Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister Responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of the Dominion Observatory Complex as a national historic site of Canada under Parks Canada's National Program of Historical Commemoration."

A statement by Minister Guilbeault: "For 65 years, the Dominion Observatory Complex was an important centre of research collaboration in the fields of astronomy, geophysics, seismology and gravitational studies. The precision of its master clock was also instrumental in setting official time standards across the country. Today's designation as a national historic site allows us to share important stories about our cultural heritage and stands as a testament to Canada's ingenuity and dedication in pursuing scientific excellence."

The buildings   

• Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
• Geophysical Laboratory
• Machine Shop
• Geodetic Survey
• Seismology Survey
• South Azimuth
• Photo Equatorial

My visit to the Experimental Farm in Ottawa, March 31, 2025.

 

The William Saunders Building

Another view of the William Saunders Building.

The Dominion Observatory Campus.

"These are our buildings."

 House of Commons Ottawa February 9, 2001 MP Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP): "The federal government owns 68,000 buildings."

Recently sold for housing: The Kingston Pen and 3 more Corrections Canada properties on King Street. 

• Kingston Penitentiary is a National Historic Site of Canada and a Classified Federal Heritage Building. The City of Kingston wants the perimeter walls removed to accommodate buses and cars, and guard towers cannot interfere with views of Lake Ontario. The southern half of the Pen will be demolished for residential housing.
• The Isabel MacNeill Halfway House for Women, 525 King Street West. Was protected by Part 1V of the Ontario Heritage Act.
• St. Helen's Complex, 440 King Street West. It was protected by Part 1V of the Ontario Heritage Act.
• Stone Gables, 462 King Street West, created by inmates of KP with limestone. Protected by Part 1V of the Ontario Heritage Act. 

Sold in the year 2007:

• Vancouver - 401 Burrard Street and the Sinclair Centre
• Edmonton - Canada Place
• Toronto - Joseph Shepard
• Montreal - 4225 Dorchester and 305 Rene-Levesque West

A video called "PSAC National President John Gordon Delivers Speech" is on YouTube. Comments by NDP MP Peggy Nash: "Our job representing Canadians on the Government Operations and Estimates Committee is to ensure that spending from the federal government is in the best interest of Canadians. We are the democratic stewards of the tax dollars paid by Canadians."

 "So you would think, that with a sale like this, hundreds of millions of dollars of Crown assets, that we would be informed as to the details of such a huge sale that is going to affect the well-being of Canadians...Our parents and grandparents have worked very hard over the years and our tax dollars have paid for these buildings, for the assets of the people of Canada. These are our buildings."

When Government of Canada buildings are privatized, our Maple Leaf Flag, Coat of Arms and the names of prominent people are stripped from the edifice. House of Commons Ottawa February 7, 1994 Mr. Alex Shepherd (Durham) Liberal: "Mr. Speaker, those of us who are proud Canadians are offended that CP Rail has decided to change its logo into what in effect looks like the Canadian flag becoming or being subsumed into the American flag. Regardless of CP's rights as a private company to choose any logo it wants, Canadians should have a voice in this matter."

The Stanley Park National Historic Site of Canada.

The park was designated a National Historic Site of Canada by the federal government in 1988. Prior to 1988 there were attempts to transfer ownership, from the Crown to the province and to the City of Vancouver.

Stanley Park

Property Number: 16938

Custodian: Parks Canada Agency

Official Contact: General Enquiries---Telephone (888-773-8888) Email information @pc.gc.ca

Interest: Crown Owned

Restriction: No Restriction

Primary Use: Parks and Recreation

Address: George Street, Stanley Park

Place Name: Stanley Park

Municipality: Vancouver

Province/Territory: British Columbia

Federal Electoral District: Vancouver Centre

Census Classification: Urban

Land Area: 384.4514 ha

Building Count: 0

Floor Area: 0 sq. m.

Record Created On: February 21st, 1990

Record Last Modified On: October 27th, 2022

Stanley Park in Vancouver is Dominion, Ordnance and Admiralty Land, reserved for the defence of Canada.

The Canada Public Land Bank wants to sell properties that belong to Canadians.

Red Flags---

• Zoning laws, land use regulations and environmental assessments will be removed because "they create significant delays."
• Buildings that our ancestors built and paid for are being given away. (From: Submission to the Federal Minister of Public Services and Procurement, October 18, 2024.)

Land Use Regulations that should be preserved, in my opinion:

• National Historic Site of Canada
• National Interest Land Mass - Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Deputy Prime Minister Erik Nielsen created the National Interest Land Mass designation in 1988 1.) to prevent government entities including the City of Ottawa and NCC from using federal property as a land bank. 2.) to stop the privatization of Crown assets that belong to all Canadians.
• UNESCO World Heritage Site
• 900 square miles in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who were killed fighting in foreign wars
• Parks Canada Act
• Heritage Conservation District
• Museums Act
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• Cultural Heritage Landscape
• Classified and Recognized Federal Heritage Building
• Dominion, Ordnance and Admiralty Land
• By-laws---"File contains material regarding by-laws to protect Sparks Street; commercial development on Zellers Building Site; controls on urban development; height and slant restrictions on buildings (The Brouse Building; The Slater Building; The Bate Building; The Birks Building)Simpson's store; The Bank of Canada; St. Andrew's Church development." (Google: Romeo LeBlanc, NCC, March 1983 to May 1984, page 11/19.)

Zoning Gatineau Park - "The NCC has prepared a new zoning plan for Gatineau Park which, among other things, will preserve strictly the park's wilderness area." (1975-1976 Annual Report of the NCC, page 21/52.)

Already targeted by the Canada Public Land Bank---

Hurdman North, a parcel west of Riverside Drive and south of Highway 417 (4,000 units)

315 Terminal Avenue Ottawa (300 units)

1460 Riverside Drive Ottawa (500 units)

1250 Ledbury Avenue Ottawa (up to 200 units)

Southern Corridor, Woodroffe Avenue at Norice Street South Ottawa (1,000 units)

210 Laurier, Gatineau (up to 400 units)

1055 Aylmer, Gatineau (200 units)

Rochester Field on 529 Richmond Road

Kingston Penitentiary National Historic Site

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary National Historic Site in Laval, Quebec.

CBC buildings in Ottawa--- Edward Drake Building on 1500 Bronson; and the Graham Spry Building on 250 Lanark.

Rideau Falls Lab, 1 John Street in Ottawa

L'Esplanade Laurier

The following properties are most likely on the radar of the Canada Public Land Bank

Gatineau Park

The Ottawa Greenbelt

Lebreton Flats

Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston

Vincent Massey Park

Hog's Back Park

House of Commons Ottawa December 14, 1970 The Hon. Arthur Laing (Minister of Public Works) Liberal: "The area of land owned by the federal government as recorded in the Central Inventory of Federal Properties by province is:

• Newfoundland - 96, 041 acres
• Prince Edward Island - 1, 353 acres
• Nova Scotia - 22, 514 acres
• New Brunswick - 318, 532 acres
• Quebec - 280, 485 acres
• Manitoba - 51, 707 acres
• Saskatchewan - 77, 445 acres
• Alberta - 101, 751 acres
• British Columbia - 164, 158 acres
• Yukon Territories - 21, 125 acres
• Northwest Territories - 90, 193 

Includes only those properties that are being utilized by federal departments and agencies. 

One dollar real estate deals:

1.) The Fraser Institute recommended that all the national parks in British Columbia be transferred to the province:

• Stanley Park
• Pacific Rim
• Gulf Islands
• Yoho
• Kootenay
• Mount Revelstoke
• Gwaii Hannas
• Glacier
  

2.) The Fraser Institute wanted to see the transfer of all CMHC properties to the province of B.C.

3.) An agreement to sell the Laurier and Mackenzie Bridges that span the Rideau Canal, to the Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton for the consideration of one dollar. (1995-1996 NCC Annual Report, page 45/111.)

4.) Paul Martin Sr. Federal Building in Windsor was donated to the City of Windsor.

5.) Windsor Armoury was given to the University of Windsor.

6.) "Kingston buys prime waterfront land from federal government for a token sum of $2 dollars." by billhutchins, Global News.

7.) The 4,000 plus acre Greenbelt Research Farm on 1740 Woodroffe Avenue was sold for $1 dollar to the NCC. All of the animals were removed and the barns and silos were torn down.

8.) CBC Headquarters on 354 Jarvis Street, Rosedale in Toronto were donated to the National Ballet School.