Evidence of meeting #32 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ncc.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
Seventy-five metres from the park.
Liberal
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
One lot, on the open market, Mr. Proulx.
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
When you say “on the open market”, are you saying you bought it from the NCC or from another owner?
Liberal
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
In your opinion, do the properties inside the park or bordering on the park have any added value because of their proximity to the park or of their location in the park?
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
I ask you the question. Do you live near the park as well, Mr. Proulx?
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
No, all right.
Perhaps they do, perhaps they don't, but I don't know where your question is headed.
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
It's not important. I'm asking you the question. What do you think?
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
I haven't consulted a real estate agent to determine that.
Liberal
Liberal
Marcel Proulx Liberal Hull—Aylmer, QC
You're talking about section 43 of the Constitution; let's get that straight.
I'd like to know why you refer to it. To my knowledge, Gatineau Park doesn't overlap a territorial boundary between Ontario and Quebec.
October 26th, 2009 / 4:40 p.m.
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
No. Section 43 states that the consent of the province must be obtained before boundaries are changed.
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
The boundaries of the province.
Co-Chair, Gatineau Park Protection Committee
The principle of territorial integrity, in international law, cuts across that of the internal boundaries of a territory. In our brief, if you read it, we talked about national parks, military bases and aboriginal reserves. These are territories in a province that are under federal jurisdiction. International law therefore acknowledges the internal boundaries and integrity of the territory. To change the boundaries of Gatineau Park, as for the other national parks, we therefore recommend that the consent of the province be requested.
Currently, the boundaries of Gatineau Park have been changed to cut off 8 km2. I don't know what you were doing when that happened. I had to make 150 access to information requests to determine what happened. Not a single MP complained or talked about it when it took place. So I wonder. If the Government of Quebec had been involved in the process, it would have been more transparent.