The Lebreton Flats cannot be privatized. Updating.

 "Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity." (Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.)

Parkland in the National Capital Region that cannot be sold or subdivided:

• Confederation
• Jacques Cartier
• Rockcliffe
• Rideau Falls
• Major's Hill
• Commissioners - envisioned as a parking lot for the Ottawa Hospital.
• Hog's Back/Vincent Massey
• Leamy Lake 
• Brebuef
•  LeBreton Common (Information about Key Capital Parks is from "NCC land holdings outside Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt." 1999)

"NCC won't pay tax-like fees for LeBreton Flats, arguing it's a park." by Elyse Skura, CBC News, January 8, 2025.

This land is part of the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa House of Commons Ottawa November 23, 1967 The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works):"The Lebreton Flats were envisioned as a western extension of the Parliamentary Precinct. Buildings on or near the Parliamentary Precinct cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower."

House of Commons Ottawa February 23, 1965 The Hon. Mr. Cardin (Minister of Public Works, Liberal): "Some time ago a decision was reached to construct the Department of National Defence headquarters building in Lebreton Flats. At that time it was decided that other government buildings should be located in the same area, forming a government complex of office buildings in the area from Parliament Hill west to Lebreton Flats."

House of Commons Ottawa November 22, 1991 Mr. Mac Harb (Ottawa Centre, Liberal)): "We have approximately 150 acres of land on the Flats...In the summer part of the flats is used for camping, balloonists and people who might want to take a walk."

The 130-acre landscape in 1983. House of Commons Ottawa November 23, 1967 The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works): "The land is 4,450 feet from the Peace Tower, less than a mile."

The Canadian National Parks Act S.C 2000, c.32---Clause 4 (1) "The National Parks of Canada are hereby dedicated to the people of Canada for their benefit, education and enjoyment...The parks shall be maintained and made use of so as to leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future Canadians."

1992

Designated 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."

• Part of Lebreton Flats N of Transitway - 65.37 ha, or 161.53279 acres.(Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC Land Holdings.)

House of Commons Ottawa June 16, 1966 MP Stanley Knowles (Winnipeg North Centre, NDP) Public Buildings in Ottawa---Height of Proposed National Defence Headquarters on the Lebreton Flats "I understand that the height of the Peace Tower, from its base to the top of the tower is 296 feet. The information given us concerning the proposed national defence headquarters is that the height of the building from the ground to the top would be 450 feet."

"I think that the skyline of the city of Ottawa is something of which we can be proud. A tower that is only a few blocks away, rising higher than the Peace Tower, would detract from the Peace Tower and spoil the skyline of the city of Ottawa."

"I think that a government that is in power for only a short time has to be careful when it takes a course of action that has an effect for decades, perhaps for half a century or a century. Mr. Speaker, one newspaper in an editorial against me says that I am living in the past and asks if I do not realize that skyscrapers reflect progress. I think the story of the Tower of Babel gives the answer to that. I hope we are not going to build another one." (Note: The Dream LeBreton condos will be 36 and 31 storeys high.  Developers can appeal to the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Municipal Board to remove any height restrictions.)

Proposal to sell Moffat Farm "This inquiry is about the NCC and its endeavours to sell a national capital parkland. These are public lands. They are not the private land holdings of a private developer. There is burgeoning public unhappiness about the destiny of the national capital parklands, like Vincent Massey and Hog's Back, which are similarly zoned and similarly at risk." (Proposal to sell Moffat Farm, Senate Debate April 23, 2002,)

 

The Lebreton Park encompassed 173 acres in 1992, not 8. Proof---1992 Directory of Federal Real Property, page 377.The document is on this page.