Note: last updated 31 August 2015.
In early November, John Baird announced the transfer of 60 acres of the Central Experimental Farm from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to the National Capital Commission. The NCC then leased the land for a dollar-a-year to the Ottawa Hospital to build a new Civic Campus. The Ottawa Hospital then mused about paving the site for parking as it has no money to build a new campus. None of the responsible planning authorities at the federal, provincial, or municipal level were consulted.
The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm used to host a list of articles and reactions against the transfer. This page went down sometime in mid-December, 2014. This is my attempt to recreate a list of reactions against Baird's irresponsible decision.
The List
- 2015-08-17: Pete Anderson (me), History Applied (here), "The Ottawa Hospital and the 60 Acres: Consultations."
- 2015-08-04: Heritage Ottawa, "NCC's Role in the Proposed Transfer of 60 Acres from the Central Experimental Farm."
- 2015-07-22: Robert Brinker, Carlington Community Association, "Update on the Ottawa Hospital Rebuild onto the Central Experimental Farm."
- 2015-07-17: Pete Anderson (me), Ottawa Sun, "Experimental Farm Plan a Call to Action." (short version)
- 2015-07-14: Heritage Ottawa, "Continued Advocacy Efforts to Protect the Central Experimental Farm."
- 2015-06-23: Heritage Ottawa, "Advocating for Protection of the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada."
- 2015-06-22: Pete Anderson (me), Active History, "The Central Experimental Farm's Inclusion on Endangered List a Call to Action." (long version)
- 2015-05-26: Heritage Canada the National Trust, "Central Experimental Farm: Feds play fast and loose with a national historic site."
- 2015-04-30: Heritage Ottawa, "Advocating for the Integrity of the Central Experimental Farm, A National Historic Site."
- 2015-04-21: Heritage Ottawa, "Re:Severance of Land at Central Experimental Farm for a New Civic Hospital Campus."
- 2015-03-08: Heritage Ottawa, "Central Experimental Farm a Contender for Canada's List of Top Ten Endangered Sites."
- 2015-02-15: Leslie Maitland, Heritage Ottawa, "Concerns for the future of the Central Experimental Farm."
- 2015-02-02: Pete Anderson (me), History Applied (here), "Parks Canada and the 60 Acres."
- 2015-01-06: Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, "Family's roots run deep in Ottawa's Experimental Farm."
- 2014-12-30: Pete Anderson (me), History Applied (here), "A Walk in the Farm: 60 Acres at Arpents 2014."
- 2014-12-28: Phil Jenkins, Ottawa Citizen, "A city grows through small changes."
- 2014-12-21: Alan Freeman, iPolitics, "When heritage space meets pork barrel politics."
- 2014-12-15: Sarah Rice, Ottawa Food Policy Council, "Letter concerning Ottawa Hospital at the Experimental Farm."
- 2014-12-09: David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, "No written communications explaining Civic Hospital deal."
- 2014-12-02: Steph Willems, Ottawa Community News, "Civic Hospital neighbours tackle expansion at AGM."
- 2014-11-28: Sammy Hudes and Melissa Bouchard, Centretown News, "Farm supporters worry about its future."
- 2014-11-20: Pete Anderson (me), ActiveHistory.ca, "Vacating Science and Forgetting History at the Central Experimental Farm."
- 2014-11-20: Steph Willems, Ottawa Community News, "Neighbours, advocates worry about Civic Hospital plan; Experimental Farm land transfer surprises many nearby residents."
- 2014-11-19: The National Trust Urges Federal Government to Revisit Transfer of Central Experimental Farm Lands.
- 2014-11-18: Letter to Minister Baird from Heritage Canada The National Trust.
- 2014-11-13: Steph Willems, Ottawa Community News, "Community concerned by Civic Hospital plan."
- 2014-11-13: Pete Anderson (me), Ottawa Citizen, "Protect the Experimental Farm."
- 2014-11-07: National Trust Expresses Concern for Future of Central Experimental Farm.
- 2014-11-05: Julie Harris, "Central Experimental Farm's Management Plan Should be Respected."
- 2014-11-04: Leslie Maitland, Heritage Ottawa, "60 Acres to be Carved from the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada."
- 2014-11-04: David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, "Experimental Farm's Historic Status Can't Stop Hospital Plans."
- 2014-11-03: David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, "Civic Hospital Campus to be Rebuilt on Experimental Farm Property."
