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Poilievre wants inquiry on Liberal decision to review Ottawa Hospital site

Evelyn Harford, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: June 13, 2016 | Last Updated: June 13, 2016 11:34 AM EDT



Pierre Poilievre, Conservative MP for Carleton, will ask the House of Commons Health Committee to address the construction of the Ottawa Hospital’s new Civic Campus on Monday.

Poilievre is outraged that the Liberal’s have “slammed the brakes” on the construction of the new Civic Campus on Central Experimental Farm land, across from its existing campus; a site accepted by the previous Conservative government in 2014.

The decision was revisited after concerns from agriculture and climate change scientists and heritage advocates that the transfer of 24 hectares of Experimental Farm land to the Ottawa Hospital could compromise two decades of research on food security and climate change.

Catherine McKenna, Ottawa Centre MP and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, overturned the decision in November 2015. Since then, the Liberals have considered four new options provided by the hospital, but weren’t happy with the results.

“There is no perfect space,” said Poilievre. “At the end of the day where ever you put it, someone is going to be unhappy.”

He wants to know what other locations, if any, the Liberals are considering so that public input can be considered before a decision is made.

The motion will ask that the Health Committee call the Minister of Environment, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Heritage, and the CEO of the National Capital Commission to address the delay that Poilievre says is unnecessary.

The Liberals have asked the NCC to help them come to a decision on where the new location should be; a decision which would come six months from now, according to Poilievre — nearly a decade after the initial search for a new location began.

Poilievre says he hopes that the Liberals will accept the previous government’s approved location across the street from the Ottawa Hospital’s current campus to get construction moving.

The committee meeting is expected to be held in about two weeks.

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