What to do about the National Capital Commission (NCC)?

[eternallyme]

Scrap it in its current form.

Parks Canada should take over NCC parks, under a new classification of National Parkways for the parkways and Gatineau Park should become a full National Park of Canada. National museums, the Central Experimental Farm and other tourist attractions should also come under Parks Canada.

The Greenbelt should be strategically reviewed piece by piece to see what its natural value is. Core assets like Mer Bleue and Stony Swamp could become owned by Parks Canada or provincial conservation authorities and less valuable portions that are reasonably developable should be handed over to the City of Ottawa or private owners.

The Hurdman lands and other inside-the-Greenbelt lands that are not of natural value should be sold to private owners, cleaned up and developed. My idea for the Hurdman lands is an extreme-density development area.

The NCC parkways should also be strategically assessed. Who I would hand each one to:

Ottawa River Parkway, Rockcliffe Parkway, Experimental Farm Driveway, Colonel By Drive, Queen Elizabeth Drive and the Gatineau parkways: Parks Canada should operate them as National Parkways.

Aviation Parkway: Should be sold to the MTO as part of the Kettle Island Bridge freeway. If the bridge is not built and a tunnel under downtown is built, Parks Canada should retain it.

Island Park Drive: Should become a City of Ottawa street. It is not much different than any other collector/minor arterial road in the area and really is only under NCC ownership due to the connection to the Experimental Farm it provides.