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105-509: The Greenbelt lies within eight kilometers of Parliament Hill in downtown Ottawa and ranges in width from two to ten kilometers. It encircles many of the oldest communities in the City of Ottawa, and covers the same amount of land as the urbanized area of Ottawa that it surrounds. The Greenbelt was proposed by Jacques Gréber in 1950 as part of his master plan for Ottawa , and the federal government started expropriating land in 1956. The majority of

210-702: A coal miner in the summer months for seven years. As a lawyer, he served as a Law Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada. In his personal life, Prentice served for seven years on the Board of Directors at the Calgary Winter Club, including stints as president and Chairman. He was an active member and volunteer leader in the Grace Presbyterian Church . Prentice and his wife Karen have three daughters and two grandchildren. He

315-476: A "Conservatives for Prentice" website emerged, gaining a place on the Blogging Tories blogroll. A posting from a person claiming to be David Higginbottom, Prentice's campaign manager in the last election, said, "It is unfortunate that at a time when Conservatives need to be working together to prevent what is a desperate power play by the opposition to seize control of our democratically elected government, that

420-557: A Greenbelt using Ontario and Quebec planning legislation alone. As a result, in 1956 the Government of Canada decided to buy or expropriate Greenbelt lands as required. Despite these efforts, research planner H.A. Hossé noted as early as 1960 that there were signs that the Ottawa Greenbelt would not be able to restrain urban sprawl. The surrounding rural townships of Nepean and Gloucester retained zoning jurisdiction on lands outside

525-499: A bill." Prentice has also implied that he will not follow the Government's policy to table the WCT & WPPT 21 days prior to introducing copyright amendments designed to implement parts of these treaties contrary to the Government's policy on treaty implementation. Industry Canada announced on June 11, 2008, that Prentice "will deliver brief statements and answer media inquiries shortly after

630-464: A desire to step down so he could explore new opportunities in his life. His resignation raised some questions with the opposition; NDP leader Jack Layton expressed concern over the apparent connection between Ministers and the large banks. Though previously rumoured to have been interested in succeeding Stephen Harper as federal Conservative leader, Prentice entered the 2014 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership election on May 15, 2014. At

735-453: A government apology for the residential school system. Stephen Harper's thanks to Prentice came before he made the apology to former students of the schools. In a cabinet shuffle on August 14, 2007, Prentice became Minister of Industry , succeeding Maxime Bernier . Bringing "Canada into WIPO treaty compliance" had been stated as one of Prentice's goals in future copyright legislation. It has been pointed out repeatedly, however, that at

840-651: A journalist as "an unprecedented move in Canadian political history", although they did not change the overall make-up of the legislature – the Conservatives still held a vast majority of the seats, and the Wildrose Party remained the Official Opposition. Prentice's March 2015 budget "raised a plethora of taxes and fees to help pay the province's way out of its hole, but he refuses to touch corporate taxes, because he

945-580: A new cabinet consisting of some members from the previous government , but also new Ministers including two who did not hold seats in the Legislature— Stephen Mandel and Gordon Dirks . All three stood as candidates in by-elections scheduled for October 27, 2014, and all three were elected with Prentice becoming the MLA for Calgary-Foothills . After introducing his first budget in 2015, Prentice declared an early provincial election on May 5, 2015 . In

1050-572: A nine-pounder naval cannon to Ottawa's British army garrison in 1854. The newly created government of the Dominion of Canada purchased the cannon in 1869 and fired it on Parliament Hill as the Noonday Gun, which was colloquially known as "Old Chum", for many years. By 1876, the structures of Parliament Hill, and the surrounding fence and gates, were completed. The grounds were designed with the help of architects Thomas Scott and Calvert Vaux . Following

1155-539: A site like this would be created." On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced he was resigning as Environment Minister effective immediately and that he would be resigning as Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre-North by the end of the year to take a job as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce . Prentice suggested that his departure was for family reasons; he had committed to spending 10 years in politics, and at that point he had. He expressed

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1260-460: A stand on the issue, Prentice refused to intervene when Telus and Bell started charging 15 cents for incoming SMS text messages despite widespread opposition by consumer groups. This decision was made after Prentice dialogued with senior Bell and Telus executives and suggested that consumers "seek alternatives", even in Canada's limited-competition cellular industry. On October 30, 2008, Prentice

1365-523: A year after his unsuccessful first leadership bid. The leadership election was won by Stephen Harper , who later became Prime Minister of Canada after the 2006 Canadian federal election . Prentice ran in the riding of Calgary Centre-North in the 2004 election for the new Conservative Party, and won the seat with 54% of the popular vote. After being sworn in as the MP for Calgary Centre North on July 16, Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper named Prentice to

1470-753: Is defined as resting between the Ottawa River to the north, the Rideau Canal and the Colonel By Valley to the east, Wellington Street to the south, and a service road called Kent Street near the Supreme Court to the west. A Victorian, high-gothic, wrought iron fence demarcates the south front of the property. The fence, which is named the Wellington Wall, has its centre on an axis with the Peace Tower to

1575-574: Is fronted by the Peace Tower on the south facade, and the Library of Parliament lies at the building's rear. The East Block contains ministers' and senators' offices, meeting rooms, and other administrative spaces. The West Block is serving as the temporary seat of the House of Commons. The buildings' unifying architectural style is Gothic Revival . More than 20 bronze statues in the grounds commemorate important figures in Canada's history. Most are arranged in

1680-558: Is making edits from a computer within the government of Canada … if it was someone within that ministry, that would theoretically constitute a conflict of interest." In a February 29, 2008, speech to the Toronto Board of Trade Prentice rejected the concept of direct subsidies to the auto industry, insisting that setting up a strong economic foundation is a better route to strengthen the business. Former Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said Finance Minister Jim Flaherty should be fired after

1785-613: Is spooked by the prospect of investors skipping over Alberta for their next billion-dollar energy project, in favour of some more clement petro-state somewhere else. This array of taxes on you and your friends, but not on the C-Suite in Calgary’s office-tower jungle, has provoked populists on the left and right". In retrospect, Ron Kneebone of the University of Calgary ’s School of Public Policy defended Prentice's budget saying "'We've got to look in

1890-566: The Alberta NDP had won a majority government. On October 13, 2016, Prentice and three others were killed when the aircraft in which they were travelling crashed shortly after taking off from Kelowna, British Columbia . The flight was en route from Kelowna to Springbank Airport, just outside Calgary. Prentice was born to a large, blue-collar family in South Porcupine , near Timmins, Ontario . The family then moved to Alberta in 1969. He

1995-456: The Centre Block and departmental buildings were separately awarded. The first was awarded to the team of Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones , with their Victorian High Gothic scheme of a formal, symmetrical front facing a quadrangle and a more rustic, picturesque back facing the escarpment and bluffs overlooking the Ottawa River. The team of Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver won the prize for

2100-489: The Department of Public Works issued a call for design proposals for the new parliament buildings on Barrack Hill, for which 298 drawings were submitted. The number of entries was reduced to three but the panel of judges could not decide whose design should win the contest. Governor General Sir Edmund Walker Head was approached to break the stalemate, and the winners were announced on 29 August 1859. Contracts to build

2205-715: The Residential School Claims program for aboriginal victims of abuse. Prentice described himself as a Red Tory in the Conservative Party and surprised many observers when he voted in favour of Bill C-38 supporting same-sex marriage . Prentice had been assigned the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in the Conservative government , and was sworn into this role on February 6, 2006, until August 13, 2007. One of his main challenges as Minister

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2310-565: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The incident ended when the shooter was killed by Vickers and RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett. Following the incidents, the Parliamentary Protective Service was created to integrate the House of Commons and Senate security forces with RCMP patrols of the grounds. Since 2002, an extensive $ 3 billion renovation-and-rehabilitation project has been underway throughout

2415-666: The Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Indian and Northern Affairs. In that role Prentice opposed the Tli Cho land claim agreement, which he said would make Canadian law secondary to Tlicho local law. Prentice was also a strong supporter of the proposed and controversial Mackenzie Valley pipeline . He criticized the Liberal government for its treatment of aboriginal women, and its alleged costs of administering

2520-672: The Sir John A. Macdonald Building was completed in 2015 and work on the Wellington Building was completed in 2016. An architectural competition is being held for designs pertaining to the city block south of Wellington Street and a new Visitors Welcome Centre is being built. The nine-hectare (22-acre) area, which the National Capital Commission maintains, is named by the Parliament of Canada Act as "Parliament Hill" and

2625-598: The War of 1812 and the Upper Canada rebellion but the threat of an American invasion subsided and the project was scrapped. In 1858, Queen Victoria selected Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada . Barrack Hill was chosen as the site of the new parliament buildings for its prominence over the town and the river, and because the Crown already owned it. On 7 May 1859,

2730-529: The Wikimedia Foundation , said in an interview there are tens of thousands of living people with biographies on Misplaced Pages, "so challenges about information are not uncommon." Walsh said neutrality of language and guarding against conflicts of interest are two of the central pillars of Misplaced Pages. He said, "The edits which should be trusted would come from people who don't possess a conflict of interest, in this case, it would be worthwhile saying that if someone

2835-538: The 1970s, the ecological significance of areas such as the Mer Bleue and Stony Swamps were recognized and efforts were taken to protect them. Additional parts of Mer Bleue swamp were acquired and the overall biodiversity of the Greenbelt increased. Walking and ski trails were also created to allow for increased recreational use of these natural areas. The Greenbelt is home to a variety of wildlife: Communities located within

2940-447: The 2006 election, "(Prentice) wanted to apply a very focused approach to his responsibilities." In the federal budget of May 2006, Fontaine and other native leaders got a glimpse of what "focused" meant: just $ 450 million (over two years) was committed to implementing Kelowna, not the $ 1.64 billion for the first two years that Paul Martin had agreed to. Prentice argued that there was actually $ 3.7 billion in spending on native peoples in

3045-626: The Centre Block on 1 September. Construction of Parliament Hill became the largest construction project undertaken in North America to that date. Workers hit bedrock sooner than expected, necessitating blasting to complete the foundations, which the architects had altered to sit 5.2 metres (17 ft) deeper than originally planned. By early 1861, the Canadian Department of Public Works reported over $ 1.4   million had been spent on

3150-558: The Centre Block on 7 February 2012, one day after Accession Day . On 22 October 2014, shooting incidents occurred around Parliament Hill . After fatally shooting a Canadian Army soldier stationed as a ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial , a gunman entered the Centre Block of the parliament buildings. There, the shooter engaged in a firefight with Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons Kevin Vickers and members of

3255-475: The City of Ottawa successfully annexed rural township lands to the future proposed inside boundary of the Greenbelt in 1948. The rural townships fought the annexation and continued to refuse to zone parts of their land to accommodate a Greenbelt after their loss. After six years of conflict with the rural townships, it became clear that unlike in the Greater London Plan , it would not be possible to establish

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3360-584: The Crown expropriated the entire block between Wellington and Sparks Streets , intending to construct a south block for Parliament Hill but the government dropped this proposal and instead constructed more office space in Hull, Quebec . In 2021, this idea was revisited, and the Ministry of Public Services announced an architectural design competition for the block. Jim Prentice Peter Eric James Prentice PC QC (July 20, 1956 – October 13, 2016)

3465-399: The Greenbelt and encouraged their continuing development to increase municipal tax revenues. The Greenbelt was easily crossed by car in a few minutes, and this did not stop civil servants from seeking more affordable homes outside of it. He concluded that without an active program of planning control by the local municipalities involved, or by the province, growth would continue unabated outside

3570-476: The Greenbelt is a more efficient use of resources than beyond it." Throughout its history, the NCC has acted to preserve or enhance the natural environment of Greenbelt lands. In 1961, they entered into a 50 year forest management agreement with the Government of Ontario , which lead to the reforestation of abandoned and marginal farmland. The Pine Grove and Pinhey forests were largely the result of that initiative. In

3675-518: The Greenbelt than inside. One outcome of this pattern of development outside the Greenbelt is an increased infrastructure burden on the city. While homes inside the Greenbelt pay the full cost of their development, it has been estimated that those in the suburbs receive the equivalent of a CA$ 5,000 taxpayer subsidy due the gap between development charges and infrastructure costs to the city. Urban planner and geographer Barry Wellar has estimated that this subsidy may be as high as CA$ 25,000 per house when

3780-540: The Greenbelt. At the same time the Greenbelt was being assembled, developers were purchasing land beyond the belt for future use. The population grew much faster than Gréber had predicted, and his population forecast for the year 2000 was reached as early as 1970. In 1965, the suburb of Kanata was built west of the Greenbelt in the Township of March, and the suburban communities of Orleans (Gloucester/ Cumberland Township ) and Barrhaven (Nepean Township) grew up quickly to

3885-409: The Greenbelt. Seven per cent were in rural areas and only three per cent were in the suburbs. By 2007, only 65 per cent of households were inside the Greenbelt, while suburbs were home to 26 per cent of the city's total households. In that time, 60 per cent of Ottawa's population growth was outside the Greenbelt. From 2005 to 2016 it was typical for there to be roughly twice as many housing starts outside

3990-589: The Greenbelt: Download coordinates as: Places of interest within the Greenbelt are from east to west: Parliament Hill Parliament Hill ( French : Colline du Parlement ), colloquially known as The Hill , is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa , Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose architectural elements were chosen to evoke

4095-473: The Jim Prentice article on Misplaced Pages . The edits included the removal of references to new copyright legislation (claiming that it did not exist) and the addition of two passages about Prentice's recent accomplishments as Minister of Industry. Specifically, information about the copyright controversy was deleted from Prentice's biography by someone using an Industry Canada IP address. Jay Walsh, spokesman for

4200-558: The Legislative Assembly. Prentice was elected to the legislature in a by-election in Calgary-Foothills , the seat formerly held by MLA Len Webber . The PCs won all four of the provincial by-elections held on October 27, 2014, in what was seen at the time as a major electoral success for Prentice. On November 24, 2014, Wildrose Party MLAs Kerry Towle , ( Innisfail-Sylvan Lake ), and Ian Donovan , ( Little Bow ) crossed

4305-524: The May 2006 budget, "more than the previous four budgets in total." That figure includes $ 2.2 billion in compensation for victims of abuse in residential schools (another deal that was worked out with the previous government) and $ 300 million for off-reserve housing. On June 11, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper thanked Jim Prentice for his work on addressing the matter of the Indian residential schools and providing

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4410-687: The NCC’s review of the Greenbelt Master Plan. All views expressed in [the] White Paper are those of the City of Ottawa and not those of the National Capital Commission which owns and operates the Greenbelt. The City of Ottawa has identified more than 13,700 acres (55 km) of the Greenbelt, worth about $ 1.6 billion, that could be developed, and in their view, without damaging its overall integrity. Environment Minister Jim Prentice , opposed development in what he considered an important part of

4515-681: The NDP and the Wildrose Party. While the PCs placed second in terms of the popular vote, their caucus was decimated due to being completely shut out in Edmonton and losing all but eight seats in Calgary. Thirteen members of Prentice's cabinet were defeated, though Prentice himself was re-elected in Calgary-Foothills. However, with the overall result beyond doubt, he resigned as PC leader, disclaimed his seat (thus voiding

4620-580: The NDP gained momentum as a result of the debate and overtook Wildrose for the lead in polls. The provincial election ended the Progressive Conservatives' 44-year run in government, with the Alberta New Democratic Party winning a majority government , the first time the party had been elected to government in the province's history. The Progressive Conservatives fell to third place in the legislature, with 10 seats, behind both

4725-772: The National Police Memorial. Beyond the edges of these landscaped areas, the escarpment remains in its natural state. At its base runs part of the Trans-Canada Trail , the portion between the West Block and the Supreme Court building being named the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Trail, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth's accession to the Canadian throne . In 1976,

4830-535: The Parliament Buildings and the grounds of Parliament Hill were each designated as National Historic Sites of Canada due to their importance as the physical embodiment of the Canadian government and as the focal point of national celebrations. The Parliament of Canada Act prohibits anyone naming any other area or establishment within the National Capital Region "Parliament Hill", and forbids

4935-449: The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act". Prentice did not immediately provide a rationale for not discussing the issue with CBC Radio Canada despite the hundreds of questions that flooded in from concerned Canadians. He also refused to talk to a group of protesters who went to his office to express their concern, stating "When Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner and I have reached a consensus and we're satisfied, we will introduce

5040-621: The annual Canada Day celebrations and the Changing of the Guard . To the sides of the buildings are statues, memorials, and at the northwest corner a gazebo called the Summer Pavilion, which is a 1995 reconstruction of an earlier gazebo named Summer House. Summer House was built for the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1877 by Thomas Seaton Scott and demolished in 1956. Summer Pavilion now serves as

5145-638: The by-election, Prentice withdrew from the race, following common practice to allow a party leader to win a seat uncontested so they may lead their party within Parliament. He ran in the 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election to support the " United Alternative " proposal to merge the PC party with the Canadian Alliance. He was seen by many as an alternative to the "status quo" candidate and front runner Peter MacKay . A basic platform of Prentice's campaign

5250-460: The campaign, including a comment before the election call in which Prentice appeared to be blaming Albertans, telling them that they had to "look in the mirror" to understand the root cause of Alberta's "serious budget shortfall"; Alberta Party leader Greg Clark dubbed this “Mr. Prentice’s Alice in Wonderland moment because it’s only in some alternate reality that the blame for decades of PC mismanagement can be placed squarely on Albertans". There

5355-441: The capital of the new country. Within four years, Manitoba , British Columbia , Prince Edward Island , and the North-West Territories —now Alberta , Saskatchewan , Yukon , Northwest Territories , and Nunavut —were added and, along with the associated bureaucracy, the first three required representation be added in Parliament. The offices of Parliament spread to buildings beyond Parliament Hill. The British military allocated

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5460-503: The city's heritage. Prentice vowed to fight any such move. In 2020, columnist Randall Denley of the Ottawa Citizen described the Greenbelt as "a failed attempt to contain growth, not a collection of natural treasures", and supported development within the Greenbelt because "it would give the city the land capacity it requires and deliver all the environmental, transportation and practical benefits that environment groups envision", while Ottawa city staff stated "Expanding urban lands within

5565-460: The constitution, the incumbent government could run for up to five years before the writ had to be dropped in 2017). The Progressive Conservatives were already lagging in polls behind the resurgent Wildrose Party led by Brian Jean , as Prentice's pre-election budget was deeply unpopular with both the left and right in the political spectrum while only "business leaders thought it was tough but fair". Several gaffes by Prentice hurt him and his party in

5670-823: The day golfing in the Kelowna area and was returning home. In April 2018, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada reported that while no conclusive reason for the crash could be determined, it was likely that the pilot had experienced spatial disorientation shortly after takeoff, having had little experience flying at night. A state funeral was held for Prentice on October 28, 2016. Numerous dignitaries were in attendance, including former Prime Minister Stephen Harper , interim federal Conservative leader Rona Ambrose , Alberta Premier Rachel Notley , British Columbia Premier Christy Clark , Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi , Green Party Leader Elizabeth May , former prime minister Joe Clark and former opposition leader Preston Manning . Prentice's official portrait as Premier of Alberta

5775-470: The death of Queen Victoria in 1901, in late September that year, Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (later King George V )—Queen Victoria's grandson—dedicated a large statue that stands on the hill in the late Queen's honour. On 3 February 1916, a fire destroyed the Centre Block. Despite the ongoing war , Governor General Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught , re-laid the original cornerstone on 1 September 1916, exactly fifty-six years after his brother

5880-479: The early 1990s, Prentice served as the governing federal PC party's chief financial officer and treasurer (1990–93). Prentice first ran for Parliament as the nominated Progressive Conservative candidate in a spring 2002 by-election in the riding of Calgary Southwest that followed the retirement of Preston Manning as the riding's Member of Parliament (MP). When newly elected Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper replaced nominated CA candidate Ezra Levant in

5985-403: The east across the canal to build the Château Laurier hotel, growth of the parliamentary infrastructure moved westward along Wellington Street with the erection in the 1930s of the Confederation and Justice Buildings on the north side, and further construction to the south. By the 1970s, the Crown began purchasing other structures or leasing space in the downtown civic area of Ottawa. In 1973,

6090-437: The east and south of Greenbelt lands, even before the inner city had filled out. Highway development followed this suburban population growth, with Ontario Highway 417 to Montreal built through the eastern Greenbelt in 1975 and Ontario Highway 416 extended south through the southwestern Greenbelt in 1996. The rapid population increase encouraged suburban politicians to press for more development outside Greenbelt lands. With

6195-453: The election result in his riding) and retired from politics. During the transition of power, Prentice advised Premier-designate Notley to continue settlement talks with the Lubicon Lake Band . The band had been seeking an agreement for 80 years, and Prentice had reopened negotiations in the fall of 2014. Notley recalled "He saw a path forward and he advised me how to travel that path, for which I, and many, many others, are very grateful", and

6300-428: The election, Prentice's PCs suffered an unprecedented defeat, dropping to third place in the legislature with just 10 seats – ending 44 years of Tory rule in Alberta, the longest consecutive reign for any political party at the provincial level in Canada. Despite winning re-election in Calgary-Foothills, on election night Prentice resigned as both PC leader and MLA and retired from politics after results indicated that

6405-581: The federal government's point person on Kelowna, Jim Prentice, as an "honourable" person sensitive to native concerns. Prior to January 2006 election, Fontaine and two vice-chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations had a meeting with Prentice. "[Prentice] acknowledged all the hard work that went into Kelowna and (said) that the Conservative party would not put this aside," says Fontaine. "We took him at his word." Prentice did not recall saying that: "I've always been very, very careful about what I've said about Kelowna," According to Fontaine, in their first meeting after

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6510-470: The first ballot (the leadership contest was conducted using Instant-runoff voting ). Prentice was formally sworn in as premier on September 15, 2014. He immediately named a 20-member Executive Council of Alberta , smaller than the cabinet had been under recent premiers. His recommendations for cabinet appointments included two people, former Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel and former Calgary Board of Education trustee Gordon Dirks , who were not members of

6615-437: The first raising of the country's new national flag took place on 15 February 1965. Queen Elizabeth II revisited Parliament Hill on 17 April 1982 for the issuing of a royal proclamation of the enactment of the Constitution Act that year. In April 1989, armed man Charles Yacoub hijacked a Greyhound Lines bus with eleven passengers on board that was travelling to New York City from Montreal, and drove it onto

6720-549: The floor to join the ruling PC Party's caucus giving the turmoil within the Wildrose Party, uncertainty about the leadership of Danielle Smith and confidence in Prentice as reasons for their move. On December 17, 2014, in a highly unusual move within any parliament using the Westminster system , Leader of the Opposition Danielle Smith confirmed that she and eight other Wildrose members – Rob Anderson , Gary Bikman , Rod Fox , Jason Hale , Bruce McAllister , Blake Pedersen , Bruce Rowe and Jeff Wilson  – would cross

6825-487: The floor to the Progressive Conservative caucus. At a press conference, Smith said that her conversations with Prentice revealed that they shared so much common ground that it made little sense for her to continue in opposition. "If you’re going to be the official Opposition leader," she said, "you have to really want to take down the government and really take down the premier. I don't want to take down this premier. I want this premier to succeed." The defections were termed by

6930-495: The formation of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 1969, suburban and rural politicians, who had a majority on the regional council used their power to press for urban expansion. Urban boundaries were continually expanded to incorporate further development on former farmland. This general pattern continued following municipal amalgamation in 2001. The result of these ongoing policies can be seen in local settlement patterns. In 1971, 90 per cent of Ottawa homes were inside

7035-556: The future King Edward VII had first set it. Eleven years later, the rebuilt Centre Block was completed and a new, freestanding bell tower was dedicated as the Peace Tower in commemoration of the Canadians who had died during the First World War. Parliament Hill has hosted several significant events in Canadian history, including the first visit of the reigning Canadian sovereign King George VI and his consort Queen Elizabeth to his Parliament in 1939. A huge celebration on 8 May 1945 marked Victory in Europe Day , and

7140-476: The gardens behind the three parliamentary buildings and one stands outside the main fence. A number of other monuments are distributed across the hill, marking historical moments or acting as memorials for larger groups of people. Though Parliament Hill remains the heart of the parliamentary precinct, expansion beyond the bounded area began in the 1880s with the construction of the Langevin Block across Wellington Street. After private interests purchased land to

7245-434: The grounds of Parliament Hill were designated as National Historic Sites of Canada . Since 2002, an extensive $ 3 billion renovation-and-rehabilitation project has been underway throughout the precinct's buildings that is expected to be completed after 2028. Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock . For hundreds of years,

7350-406: The hill was a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations people and later for European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, marking their journeys to the interior of the continent. After the founding of Ottawa , which was then called Bytown , the builders of the Rideau Canal sited a military base on the hill, naming it Barrack Hill. A large fortress was planned for the site following

7455-431: The history of parliamentary democracy . Parliament Hill attracts approximately three million visitors each year. The Parliamentary Protective Service is responsible for law enforcement on Parliament Hill and in the parliamentary precinct, while the National Capital Commission is responsible for maintaining the nine-hectare (22-acre) area of the grounds. Development of the area, which in the 18th and early 19th centuries

7560-518: The issue to Prentice in the House of Commons and said the government's "hands off" approach was bad for Canadian innovation. Prentice said that the issue is being appropriately handled by the Federal government agency the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which invited the general public to an open debate on net neutrality. After initially appearing to take

7665-686: The land claim deal was reached in late 2018. Prentice served as a visiting global fellow at the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., for a four-month term that begun in February 2016. At the Wilson Center, he wrote the book Triple Crown: Winning Canada’s Energy Future with Jean-Sebastien Rioux that was published posthumously by HarperCollins on February 21, 2017. Prentice

7770-402: The lands were purchased by 1966 at an approximate cost of CA$ 40   million (in 1966 dollars), of which around 40% were acquired through expropriation . Its original purpose included the prevention of urban sprawl (which was threatening the rural areas surrounding the city), as well as to provide open space for the future development of farms, natural areas and government campuses. At

7875-514: The lawn in front of the Centre Block. A six-hour standoff with police ensued; three shots were fired but there were no injuries. On 14 September 2001, 100,000 people gathered on the main lawn to honour the victims of the September ;11 attacks on the United States that year. Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee was commemorated with the installation of a specially tinted window in

7980-636: The leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to replace Dave Hancock , who was serving as interim Premier and party leader after Alison Redford 's resignation. On September 6, 2014, Prentice won the leadership election , becoming both the leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as such the Premier, as his party held a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . As Premier of Alberta, Prentice formed

8085-494: The leadership of the new Conservative Party, announcing his run on December 7, 2003, the day after the new party was ratified by members of the PC Party. Prentice began his campaign in Calgary and toured parts of Ontario, specifically visiting Kingston, Ontario , the hometown of the first conservative leader Sir John A. Macdonald . However, he withdrew from the race on January 12, 2004, citing difficulty in raising new funds less than

8190-409: The long-term maintenance costs of roads, bridges, pipes and transit equipment are factored in. The City of Ottawa is undergoing an Official Plan Review which, among other things, examines the need for additional land for urban purposes. It considers whether a discussion of urban land should include the option of some development within the Greenbelt and it is intended that this discussion will feed into

8295-455: The market will take care of copy protected CDs. Prentice then hung up mid question and refused to continue the interview at a later time. Most notably, Jim Prentice hung up before answering Jesse Brown's final question about who, under this bill, would have the power to investigate potential copyright violations. During the period of May 27, 2008, to June 4, 2008, edits originating from an IP address belonging to Industry Canada were made to

8400-712: The master plan. This proposal to build satellite towns was based on Ebenezer Howard 's 1898 Social Cities scheme and also drew on Patrick Abercrombie 's " Greater London Plan ", especially in the proposals for the Greenbelt to be implemented by development regulations. Prior to the completion of the Greber Plan, the Ottawa Area Planning Board (OAPB) was created in 1947 to control unregulated suburban expansion. Despite its creation, suburban townships continued to approve low-density subdivisions without municipal services. In an effort to stop low-density suburban expansion,

8505-483: The mirror.' He got tossed for it. But he was absolutely right because he said, 'You guys keep electing us for spending all this money.'" On April 7, 2015, Prentice advised the Lieutenant Governor to call an early election for May 5 claiming that he needed to seek a new mandate in order to pass his budget, a full year before he was mandated to by the provincial fixed-election law of an election every four years (by

8610-474: The north and the formal entrance to Parliament Hill the Queen's Gates , which Ives & Co. of Montreal forged. Approximately three million visitors come to the hill every year. The hill's main outdoor area is the formal forecourt, which is formed by the arrangement of the Parliament and departmental buildings on the site. This expanse is the site of major celebrations, demonstrations, and traditional shows such as

8715-560: The planned shutdown of the GM truck plant in Oshawa, Ont., with Prentice and Flaherty expressing hope for a new GM plant. While serving as a Federal Cabinet minister, Prentice received criticism that he was sidestepping the issue of Canada's net neutrality laws by not providing clear answers regarding the government's position on internet throttling practices by national Internet Service Providers (ISPs). New Democratic Party MP Charlie Angus raised

8820-583: The precinct's buildings to bring the Parliament buildings to modern safety standards and to address their deteriorated state; work is not expected to be complete until after 2028. The West Block was completed in November 2018 before the House of Commons moved there and renovations on the Senate of Canada Building concluded in 2019 to accommodate the Senate while the Centre Block and East Block undergo renovations. Work on

8925-450: The production of merchandise bearing that name. Any violation of this law is punishable on summary conviction. The Parliament Buildings are three edifices arranged around three sides of Parliament Hill's central lawn. The speakers of each chamber of the legislature oversee the use and administration of the spaces within each building. The Centre Block has the Senate and Commons chambers, and

9030-556: The recording of webcasts and TV and radio programs to be enjoyed at different times" while ignoring the fact that if the files are protected by digital rights management (DRM) it is illegal to break the DRM to make the recording. Michael Geist , Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, has suggested that the core desire of the draft legislation is "to satisfy U.S. pressure by enacting something very close to

9135-405: The rugged surroundings of still wilderness in northern North America, while being stately. $ 300,000 was allocated for the main building and $ 120,000 more for each of the several departmental buildings. Ground was broken on 20 December 1859 and the first stones were laid on 16 April the following year. Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII ), laid the cornerstone of

9240-468: The second category, which included the subsequent East and West Blocks structures. These proposals were selected for their sophisticated use of Gothic architecture , which was thought to remind people of parliamentary democracy 's old European history, and would contradict the republican neoclassical style of architecture used in Washington, D.C. It was also thought that it would be better suited to

9345-526: The support of fellow leadership challenger Craig Chandler , who withdrew early. Prentice ultimately emerged in second-place on the fourth ballot to the eventual winner MacKay. Consistent with his positions during the leadership race, Prentice was a supporter of the merger endorsed by both the CA and PC parties in December 2003 that formed the new Conservative Party of Canada. Prentice was the first declared candidate for

9450-531: The tabling of a bill to amend the Copyright Act ... [on] Thursday, June 12, 2008". After less than two hours, hundreds of Canadians and critics panned the new Bill C-61 as nothing more than pandering to US interests at the expense of Canadians. On a 10-minute interview with the CBC's Search Engine radio program he dismissed any question related to digital rights management as "extremely technical" and claimed that

9555-641: The time of Prentice's statement of his rationale for introducing amendments to the Copyright Act , there was no international legal obligation to implement any provision of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty (WCT) or the WIPO Performances & Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) since neither had been ratified by Canada. Prentice has promised to "put consumers first." claiming in an editorial that "(C-61) allows

9660-455: The time the Alberta PC party was lagging badly in polls behind the opposition Wildrose due to personal expense controversies with Allison Redford , who resigned as premier and party leader after facing a revolt from the caucus and riding associations, with Dave Hancock serving in these roles for the interim. On September 6, 2014, Prentice won the leadership race with more than 76% of the vote on

9765-425: The time, the greenbelt was "intended to circumscribe an area large enough for the accommodation of some 500,000 persons. The inner limit was chosen by considering what area could be economically provided with municipal services." Growth beyond the 500,000 to 600,000 limit anticipated within the Greenbelt was planned to take place in satellite towns in rural areas beyond it, although these areas were not designated by

9870-525: The venture, leading to the closure of the site in September and the covering of the unfinished structures with tarpaulins until 1863, when construction resumed following a commission of inquiry . The site was still incomplete when three of the British North American colonies—now the provinces Ontario , Quebec , Nova Scotia , and New Brunswick —entered Confederation in 1867, and Ottawa remained

9975-492: Was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada . He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians . Prentice

10080-804: Was also a member of the Trilateral Commission , a non-partisan organization that aims to increase cooperation within the developed world. In this capacity, Prentice was one of 20 Canadian members. Prentice joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 1976, and was active in Tory circles ever since. In the 1986 provincial election , Prentice ran for the Progressive Conservatives in Calgary Mountain View , being defeated by NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth . During

10185-586: Was an "embarrassing miscalculation in the proposed NDP budget" released two days before the debate that Prentice planned to capitalize upon; during the televised leaders' debate Prentice said "I know math is difficult" to Alberta New Democratic Party leader Rachel Notley in criticizing the "multibillion-dollar hole in [her] proposed budget", however Prentice's remark came under fire for as being deeply patronizing as well as potentially sexist . While Prentice otherwise performed respectably ahead of Wildrose leader Brian Jean and interim Liberal leader David Swann ,

10290-426: Was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008. On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North . After retiring from federal politics he entered the private sector as vice-chairman of CIBC . Prentice entered provincial politics in his home province of Alberta, and ran for

10395-566: Was appointed as a senior advisor to private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC in June 2016, specializing in the energy industry. Prentice was among the four people killed in the October 13, 2016, crash of a twin-engine Cessna Citation 500 business jet in Lake Country , British Columbia, shortly after takeoff from Kelowna International Airport en route to Springbank Airport near Calgary. He had spent

10500-626: Was sworn in as Minister of the Environment in the Conservative Government. During his tenure, funding for the CFCAS ( Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences ) was not renewed, which some argued lead to a brain drain in the climate scientific community. Shortly after the Conservative government faced a possible defeat by the opposition over the Conservatives economic update,

10605-524: Was that "no one has ever defeated the Liberals with a divided conservative family." Prentice entered the 2003 convention day with some momentum, after delivering a passionate speech to the assembled delegates that encouraged Tories to be proud of their accomplishments, despite recent setbacks, and that recalled the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele . He also unexpectedly received

10710-470: Was the site of a military base, into a governmental precinct began in 1859 after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada . Following several extensions to the Parliament and departmental buildings, and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block , Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927. In 1976, the Parliament Buildings and

10815-588: Was the son of Wilma Lyle Marea (Mawhiney) and Eric Prentice , a professional hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1940s. His uncle Dean Prentice played in the NHL for more than 20 years. Prentice was educated at the University of Alberta (where he became a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity ) and Dalhousie University . He paid for his tuition by working as

10920-656: Was to implement "The Nunavut Project," a 2006 report authored by Thomas Berger , to show tangible, measurable results to increase Inuit representation in the Nunavut public services. In the fall of 2006, Phil Fontaine , National chief of the Assembly of First Nations , expressed disappointment over the Conservative government's refusal to honour the Kelowna Accord , endorsed by 14 jurisdictions (the federal government, 10 provinces, and three territories). Fontaine previously described

11025-594: Was unveiled on February 4, 2019. Painted by David Goatley, it depicts Prentice "standing on the third floor of the Alberta legislature, hands resting on the marble railing, eyes looking off in the distance. The expression and gaze shows Jim's sense of vision. He's thinking of the future and not the past." At the ceremony of the portrait unveiling, his widow Karen recalled that Prentice was "one who couldn't resist meeting with school tours when they passed by his office. He would invite them in, show them around, and give each of them

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