The Parliament of Canada should review the Sir John Carling Site as a location for a hospital.

 Senate of Canada Ottawa May 8, 2002. Proposal to Sell Moffatt Farm-Inquiry-Debate continued.: Senator Noel A. Kinsella: " Honourable senators, I would like to make a few remarks with reference to this matter now before the Senate...The matter relates, honourable senators, to the National Capital Act, which created the National Capital Commission...It seems to me, we require a provision for a recall mechanism. Section 10 (2) of the (National Capital) act, which gives the power to the National Capital Commission to sell lands held in trust, could be amended by Parliament to provide for a review mechanism by Parliament or a parliamentary committee upon the receipt for example, of 1,000 signatures of citizens from any part of Canada. (Emphasis mine.)

(Note: The Reimagine Ottawa petition "Investigate the Hospital Site Change from Tunney's Pasture to the Experimental Farm" has 4,777 signatures as of September 19, 2021 at 9:33 AM.

 And a petition called "Protection of the Central Experimental Farm as a research facility and a National Historic Site of Canada" was sent to the Auditor General of Canada, Report 5, Environmental Petitions Annual Report, Petition 388.)

Senate of Canada Ottawa May 8, 2002. (continued) Senator Kinsella: "As well, the section of the act that gives the authority to the cabinet to overturn any decision by the NCC to not sell land should also apply to any decision to sell land. There is a provision in the act which provides that cabinet can overide a decision of the NCC to not sell land, and I would suggest that the same provision should apply to the sale of land. Should the NCC, indeed should any agency of the Crown, in order to make ends meet, be out negotiating away assets-in this instance assets that are held in trust for all Canadians?"

Debates in the Senate of Canada.

 Senate of Canada Ottawa April 18, 2002: The Hon. Anne Cools-Proposal to sell Moffatt Farm: "That she will call the attention of the Senate to:

a.) the public's need for the Senate and the Parliament of Canada to take into their cognizance the current conflict between Ottawa residents with their Ottawa City Council and the National Capital Commission regarding the National Capital Commission's proposal to re-zone a riverfront parkland to build a 244 dwelling housing development on that riverfront parkland, a matter well reported in the media;

b.) to the national capital parkland known as the Moffatt Farm, a riverfront parkland on the heritage waterway the Rideau River at Mooney's Bay, near the entrance to the Hog's Back Locks, all of which form a part of the ancient and historic Rideau Canal and the Rideau Canal Waterway System, a parkland which for decades has been held by the National Capital Commission as a commissioned public trust for it's protection for the public good and for the public use; (Note: As I have mentioned before, Prince of Wales Drive on the Farm will be widened to accomodate the new medical centre. (From: Dow's Lake-Glebe Report, June 11, 2010.) The Dominion Arboretum will be encroached upon and the Arboretum is close to the Rideau Canal Hartwell Locks and the Lockmaster's home.)

c.) to the meaning in law of a commission, being that a Commission is a public body with a public purpose, authorized by letters patent, an act of parliament, or other lawful warrant to execute and perform a public office, and further, that the National Capital Commission is no ordinary entity, or no simple arms length crown corporation but is a commission, a particular constitutional entity, intended to perform a public duty;

d.) to the current land use designation zoning of Moffatt Farm which is zoned as parkland, as are other Ottawa national capital parks such as Vincent Massey Park and Hog's Back Park, parklands whose maintenance and sustenance are of great importance and concern to Ottawans;

(Note: Queen Juliana Park is also a national capital park and it is a venue for important local activities----the Italian Week festivities; Walk for Juvenile Diabetes; fundraising for the Humane Society and fairs: Federal Directory of Real Property website, Property Number 24426; Government of Canada Land-Vacant (Former Building #8) Site; Organization-Public Services and Procurement Canada; Use(s)-Parks and Recreation; Interest: Crown Owned. Address: 870 Carling Avenue; Municipality: Ottawa, ON; Land Area: (ha) 5.5883 or 13.8 acres. Buildings: 0. Floor Area: 0. Record Last Modified On August 19, 2019:

QJP includes the Dow's Lake parking lot.

City of Ottawa Zoning By-Law Amendment, 520 Preston Street, 930 Carling Avenue. Official Plan Amendment-No Appeal. Adopted July 16, 2018. "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 (12 acres) of land designated as Agricultural Research Area within the current Central Experimental Farm boundary and designate these lands as General Urban Area."

Senate of Canada Ottawa May 13, 2002: "On May 8 (2002) Senator Kinsella raised the following points:

• All Canadians have a direct interest in the open lands and assets of the National Capital. The NCC holds these properties in trust and on a fiduciary basis on behalf of all Canadians from coast to coast.
• The National Capital Act was brought in by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958; after 44 years the time has come for Parliament to review the adequacy of this model of legislation.
• The social, economic and mobility dynamics in the year 2002 sees Canadians being shareholders in the use of all public land in the National Capital in far greater numbers than 50 years ago. Therefore decisions of the NCC relating to the disposition of these public lands affect all Canadians across the country in new ways. 

National institutions in Canada's Capital Region.

See page 38 out of 95 pages for a list of important cultural and scientific institutions in the NCR:

 Cultural.

1.  Canadian Museum of History.           8. Canadian Museum of Nature.              

2.  Canadian War Museum.                    9. Canada Agricultural and Food Museum.

3.  Library and Archives Canada.        10. Canadian Science & Technology Museum.

4.  Currency Museum.                         11. Canadian Aviation & Space Museum.

5.  National Arts Centre.                     12. Library and Archives Preservation Centre.

6.  National Gallery of Canada.          13. Canadian Museum of Nature,Natural Heritage Campus.

7.  Royal Canadian Mint.                               Parliament Hill.

Scientific. 

1.  National Research Council of Canada.

2.  Communications Research Centre.

3.  Central Experimental Farm.          

The sale of federal property in Canada.

Privy Council Order-in-Council Number 1992-1980. Date- 1992-08-28. 

"Sale to the CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT (a municipal corporation in B.C.), of the lands and premises situate at 302 Denison Road in Victoria, British Columbia, known as the GONZALES OBSERVATORY, the land itself comprising an area of some 1.797 hectares." The former Meteorological Observatory was a Classified Federal Heritage Building and was sold for $35,000 dollars.

Privy Council Order-in-Council Number 1990-2807. Date-1990-12-20. 

"Authority for the NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION to enter into a number of real estate transactions with the CITY OF OTTAWA which, in summary, provide for: (a) the sale or transfer to the City of several pieces of land (including the baseball lands at Coventry Road and Vanier Parkway), several streets, parks or bridges, namely Clemow Avenue, Linden Terrace, Central Park, Minto Bridges, Echo Drive and the Driveway; as well as perpetual responsibility of several major public boulevards, local streets, structures and parks, namely Lakeside Avenue, Heron Road Bridge, Bronson/Heron Interchange, Vanier Parkway, Bronson Park, Island Park Drive, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Colonel By Drive and Experimental Farm Drive."

The future of public land in Ottawa. Part 2.

Major's Hill Park. Chateau Laurier Hotel, November 2020. "Applicant will seek Level 3 and Level 2 NCC approvals for matters related to federal lands." (Google: https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public - engagement/projects/chateau-laurier-addition.) The hotel and the NCC decided to "blend private and public space" and "focus on the interface between the Canal promenade, Major's Hill Park, Mackenzie Avenue and the new addition."

The Experimental Farm along Baseline Road.

Rochester Field beside and behind Maplelawn on Richmond Road. Councillor Jeff Leiper was opposed to any major redevelopment of Rochester Park.

The Sir John Carling Site, Civic Hospital Master Plan, 10 Phases: Construction will be ongoing for 27 years. Google: "New Ottawa Civic Hospital\Proposed (archive)-Page 11-Skyscraper Page Forum." May 29, 2021.

"Phase 5. (2025-2027) The transit connection to TOH Campus will be improved with the opening of the Dow's Lake Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station. Dow's Lake Station is planned on the south side of Carling Avenue near the Champagne Avenue entrance."

"Phase 6. (2024-2029) Future construction of a Research Building on Carling west of Champagne Avenue."

"Phase 7. (2029-2039) Mixed-use towers east of Champagne Avenue will animate the Site's frontage on Carling Avenue."

"Phases 8, 9 and 10 (2045-2048) will be hospital expansions including the new University of Ottawa Heart Institute and vertical expansion of the west tower."

"Roadway modifications may be required along Carling Avenue, Preston Street and Prince of Wales Drive..Ambulatory vehicles are not intended to use the Carling Avenue access across from Champagne Avenue but would access the main hospital either from Prince of Wales Drive or Carling Avenue through Maple Drive." (Widening Prince of Wales Drive will encroach upon the Dominion Arboretum. Twenty years ago a federal property called the Moffat Farm was sold and Prince of Wales Drive was widened 20 metres or 65 feet:

Parks and Parkways of the Federal District Commission, 1949. The FDC is now called the National Capital Commission. "The park and parkway system of the Federal District Commission is justly famous for its utilization of the Federal Capital Area whenever possible. The parks and driveways are and will be located along the banks of the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers, the Rideau Canal and Dow's Lake."

" In all, about twenty-two miles of parkways have been developed over a period of many years. The park and park sysyem comprises areas of natural beauty which were acquired by the Commission to ensure their retention and protection...The following areas of open space are owned or controlled by the Commission":  Name of Park or Driveway:

Bronson Park, Clemow and Monkland Avenues; Confederation Park; Central Park and Linden Terraces; Dow's Lake Park and Playgrounds; Echo Drive; Experimental Farm Driveway; Eastview Park; Island Park Driveway; King Edward Avenue Park; Lady Grey Drive; Nepean Park; Lake Flora Park, Hull; Major's Hill Park; Macdonald Garden; Nicholas Street Park; Parc Jacques Cartier, Hull; Rockcliffe Park; Rideau Canal Driveway; Strathcona Park; Dundonald Park; Val Tetreau Park, Hull. ("Federal District Commission Annual Report, 1949" page 37/75.)

The entire Experimental Farm in Ottawa is already protected by the Canadian Parliament and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in perpetuity---savecfbrockcliffe: House of Commons Ottawa November 4, 1974. The Hon. Pierre De Bane (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Urban Affairs) Liberal: "I can assure the hon. member that there is no question of replacing the green spaces already existing in the national capital region with buildings...the long term preservation of these resources must be ensured and at the same time the public must have access to them...A typical example of this, of course, the Experimental Farm in the centre of the city of Ottawa."

House of Commons Ottawa February 9, 1998. Statements in the House. Member of Parliament Marlene Catterall (Ottawa West-Nepean.) Liberal: "Mr. Speaker, last week the Secretary of State for Parks and the minister of agriculture designated the Central Experimental Farm as a national historic site. This does not mean that the farm will be frozen in time. It will continue to evolve as it has for 111 years but it will evolve in a way that is consistent with the important contribution it has made to agriculture in Canada and internationally."

"It will be a permanent visible reminder in the nation's capital to all Canadians of the importance of agriculture to our economic and social development. The people of this region are proud of the nation's capital and its national institutions. I know they will want to contribute to and be part of the planning of the future of the Central Experimental Farm, our newest national historic site."

The future of public land in Ottawa. Part 1.

 Fences, no trespassing signs, removal of trees and privatization:

The Experimental Farm.

Lebreton Flats.

The street names at CFB Rockcliffe were: Jupiter Avenue; Via Venus; Mars Avenue; Via Vega; Polaris Avenue; Arcturis Crescent---Arcturis is a giant star in the constellation of Lyra and Castor Avenue---Castor is a binary star in the constellation of Gemini, approximately 46 light years from Earth.

CFB Rockcliffe. The Avro Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor jet, and the most advanced jet fighter in the world.

The airman who is second from the left is my Dad. National Archives photo.

Nine acres of green space in Mechanicsville are being sold to foreign embassies. Land beside the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway cannot be sold because 1.) The scenic parkways are part of the 900 square mile memorial in the National Capital that was assembled by Jacques Greber in 1950--- the adjacent land is untouchable. 2.) Land beside the SJAM Parkway is part of the National Interest Land Mass.Give this property back to the people. 

A prediction by the Hon. Anne Cools, a Canadian Senator:"The public fears that many other parklands, like the Experimental Farm and the Arboretum are on the National Capital Commission's list for sale." (Senate of Canada, April 23,2002.)  

The Farm may be designated a Cultural Heritage Landscape.

 Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act will protect the endangered buildings, 680 trees, Queen Juliana Park, views of the Rideau Canal, the Arboretum, Ornamental Gardens, the multi-million dollar Dow's Lake parking lot and agricultural fields.

The Arboretum and property along Baseline Road. "It has come to our attention that the City of Ottawa is proposing to claim three meters of the CEF's southern border along Baseline Road for a rapid transit route. Moreover, it is understood that a portion of the Arboretum, next to the O-Train line, will be dug up to double track that portion of the transit route, although this area will be replanted." (From: A letter to the Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister Responsible for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board and Federal Heritage Review Board, from Judy Dodds, President, Friends of the Central Experimental Farm, January 16, 2018.) Note: The Arboretum Woods, Central Experimental Farm Woods and Prince of Wales Woods (CEF) are protected areas Google: "Urban natural features strategy City of Ottawa, April 11, 2006, Category 1."

The government of Ontario intervened when the federal government tried to demolish the Booth Barn."It is the recommendation of the Board that the Booth Barn complex, Central Experimental Farm (Building #114-118) be designated by by-law under Part 1V of the Ontario Heritage Act." (From: The Conservation Review Board of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. The article can be found in Heritage Ottawa, Volume 24, No. 1, October 1996.)

An Ottawa Citizen article, December 20, 1996.

The Booth Barn.50 of the Farm's 82 buildings were slated for demolition in 1996. (Heritage Ottawa 1997.)

Buildings that are currently at risk. The Dominion Observatory and South Azimuth. During the early 1970's an astronomer named Arthur Covington wrote a letter to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau asking the PM to save the Observatory, which he did. The medical centre recently flattened the Sir John Carling Building cafeteria annex.

The 2014 Ontario Provincial Policy Statement: Purpose"Heritage conservation involves identifying, protecting and promoting the elements that our community values. A Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIA) is the main heritage planning mechanism to assess and review the cultural heritage significance of a particular resource, consider the impact of any proposed site redevelopment or alteration and recommend a general approach that best protects/conserves identified cultural heritage resources."

The 2014 Provincial Policy Statement under the Planning Act-2.3. Agriculture. 2.3.1." Prime agricultural areas shall be protected for long-term use for agriculture."

The Dow's Lake parking lot is worth more than $4 million dollars according to Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre. "The National Capital Commission land ownership is known as the Dow's Lake parking lot at the southwest corner of Carling Avenue and Preston Street with an assessed value of $4,021,000." The property should still be owned by all Canadians and not by a mega hospital or inhabitants of a brand-new Carling Village-savecfbrockcliffe. (Google: "Dow's lake parking lot assessed value"---Exact phrase "Dow's Lake parking lot" ---untitled Pierre Poilievre.)