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House Hansard - 29

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 11, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 29 - Feb/11/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
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Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise today to present a petition signed by over 100 Canadians about the site of a new Ottawa hospital. The National Capital Commission ran a six-month consultation, consulted with the hospital to evaluate 12 different sites and recommended the release of 53 acres of surplus federal office space at Tunney's Pasture for this new hospital. The City of Ottawa seemed to accept this, but within 72 hours summarily changed its mind and recommended that the new hospital be built on a site of precious green space that included Queen Juliana Park and the Central Experimental Farm. These petitioners ask that the Government of Canada restore the National Capital Commission's recommendation of Tunney's Pasture as the site for the new hospital. They ask that Queen Juliana Park and the Central Experimental Farm be preserved as green space, and they ask the federal government to support the request for a public inquiry, led by the Province of Ontario, into why this site recommendation was changed so quickly and so summarily.
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