The Canada Public Land Bank wants to privatize federal 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
• 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---

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

The 12 acres on the Experimental Farm in Ottawa that are zoned residential.

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.