+ Leslie Maitland, then-President of Heritage Ottawa, published “60 Acres to be Carved from the Central Experimental Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada,” November 4, 2014 See also letters from Heritage Ottawa to Messrs. Baird and Kitts,  December 18, 2014 + Julie Harris wrote, also on the Heritage Ottawa web site, “Central Experimental Farm’s…


On November 3, 2014, Ottawa West-Nepean MP John Baird, in his capacity as the Minister responsible for the National Capital Commission, announced that the federal government would make 60 acres (24 ha) of the Central Experimental Farm available for a new Ottawa Hospital facility.  He was flanked at the announcement by National Capital Commission CEO…