Save Canada's federal prisons.

"The City wants the next federal government to transform the old Saint-Vincent-de-Paul penitentiary into an educational, cultural and tourism destination. 'We firmly believe that we could in conjunction with a partnership with the federal level completely revitalize the Old Pen site to fully bring out the value of this heritage site while enhancing the core of the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul village' said Mayor Marc Demers.  (The Laval News, George Bakoyannis, October 9, 2019.) 

National Trust for Canada. Historic federal penitentiary wasting away---why it matters ."From the time of its opening in 1873 until its closure in 1983, the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary was the country's only francophone correctional facility. In 1990 the imposing structure, which is Canada's second oldest federal penitentiary, was designated a National Historic Site due to the important role it played in Quebec's social history."

UNESCO is saving the Freemantle Prison in Australia. UNESCO should protect the Laval Pen and the following properties in the Limestone City: 

• Collins Bay 
• Kingston Pen
• Prison for Women
• Millhaven 
• Regional Treatment Centre
• Joyceville
• Pittsburgh
• St. Helens
• Isabel MacNeill Halfway House

Prison for Women---P4W "The report to council requests direction on taller buildings on the site, and removing the heritage attributes of the current designation." (City of Kingston Heritage Properties Working Group, June 26, 2018.) The City wants to remove all of the heritage designations from P4W including National Historic Site of Canada and Classified Federal Heritage Building. The perimeter walls have already been bulldozed-savecfbrockcliffe. 

City of Kingston Official Plan---Special Planning Areas "The special planning area includes the Collins Bay Institution and a portion of Canadian Forces Base Kingston. Both of these areas could be the subject of further development in the future." (May 1, 2018, page 49.)

 "Selective demolition of the Main Walls can provide entrances for automobiles and buses." (City of Kingston Projects--Kingston Penitentiary and the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, page 74.)

Directory of Federal Real Property 1992.