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Lansdowne Park, Minto and the CFLThe CFL has had a long history in Ottawa, but no one cares about football here these days. Recent team revivals have failed because Ottawa just can’t get too excited about sports. Sure, we all have fun if the Sens make the playoffs, but we are not a devoted team town. That’s what is so annoying about the Mayor’s latest backroom deals with developers to see off Lansdowne Park. Trade a few hundred houses for a failure waiting to happen in the shape of another stab at the CFL. What is lost? A jewel of a site that everyone agrees is in poor shape. The will is there to do something spectacular with that space, so why hand it to a developer on a silver platter? I read with dismay this morning reports of a backroom deal that would see Minto developments get access to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park. Nothing could make me more angry. The canal has just been declared a world heritage site, and here we have a fantastic opportunity in what is a large vacant lot next to this world treasure. To contemplate filling it with housing is the worst possible plan. The Glebe and Ottawa South are full of housing already and there are other development opportunities and projects in the area that are adding to the available housing stock. That a developer is salivating over this prime real estate is not surprising. That city council is salivating too is a shock and a disappointment. Once housing is built here the opportunity will be lost forever. It’s time to think beyond the moment. Think about what kind of city we want for the next hundred years or more. Look into your heart and I know you will agree that a subdivision is not the best we can do. A CFL team, never a draw in this government town, is not worth it if we lose Lansdowne to development. This plan should be shelved right away, and the public reassured that future planning will be done in the open. The people of Ottawa call upon you to make the tough decisions. Make the right one: preserve Lansdowne as a public space. No to housing on Lansdowne park.
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