Stolen property for the birds.
ridenrain @ Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:57 pm
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper made two stops in Quebec where he praised his government, the Quebecois nation and took shots at Liberal governments of the past.
In Mirabel, Que., he said Ottawa will resell almost 4,500 hectares of land expropriated from farmers there for an ill-fated airport.
Harper talked about an "omni-present, centralizing" Liberal government.
"They had great ideas for large projects that were costing a whole lot of money," he said, speaking in French. "It actually led to a very heavy debt and income tax. But they didn't care. They were taking whatever they wanted."
Some of those who lost their land appeared on stage with Harper.
The Liberals under Pierre Trudeau expropriated 36,000 hectares of land in 1969 to build Mirabel, then touted as the airport of the future for international flights. The airport opened in 1975, the year before the Olympics in Montreal.
However, the airport, designed to handle up to 50 million passengers per year, never topped more than 2.8 million. Analysts blamed its relatively remote location northwest of Montreal and that flights continued to be split with the then-Dorval (now Pierre Elliott Trudeau) Airport.
Harper noted the fact that Dorval now bears the name of the politician who created Mirabel, which was closed to passenger flights in 2004. That airport now just handles cargo flights.
Harper said Mirabel really only needs 2,400 hectares. an additional 200 hectares will become a wetlands preserve.
In 1985, then-prime minister Brian Mulroney, a Progressive Conservative, also resold about 80 per cent of the expropriated Mirabel land back to the farmers, he said.
The airport sits in the federal riding of Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel. The Bloc Quebecois has held it since 1993. A Conservative finished second there in the 2006 election, capturing 23 per cent of the vote, about 29 percentage points behind.
In Mirabel, Que., he said Ottawa will resell almost 4,500 hectares of land expropriated from farmers there for an ill-fated airport.
Harper talked about an "omni-present, centralizing" Liberal government.
"They had great ideas for large projects that were costing a whole lot of money," he said, speaking in French. "It actually led to a very heavy debt and income tax. But they didn't care. They were taking whatever they wanted."
Some of those who lost their land appeared on stage with Harper.
The Liberals under Pierre Trudeau expropriated 36,000 hectares of land in 1969 to build Mirabel, then touted as the airport of the future for international flights. The airport opened in 1975, the year before the Olympics in Montreal.
However, the airport, designed to handle up to 50 million passengers per year, never topped more than 2.8 million. Analysts blamed its relatively remote location northwest of Montreal and that flights continued to be split with the then-Dorval (now Pierre Elliott Trudeau) Airport.
Harper noted the fact that Dorval now bears the name of the politician who created Mirabel, which was closed to passenger flights in 2004. That airport now just handles cargo flights.
Harper said Mirabel really only needs 2,400 hectares. an additional 200 hectares will become a wetlands preserve.
In 1985, then-prime minister Brian Mulroney, a Progressive Conservative, also resold about 80 per cent of the expropriated Mirabel land back to the farmers, he said.
The airport sits in the federal riding of Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel. The Bloc Quebecois has held it since 1993. A Conservative finished second there in the 2006 election, capturing 23 per cent of the vote, about 29 percentage points behind.
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The RIGHT to own property, the RIGHT granted by all other free nations, was left out of our constetution by Mr Trudeau.
Confused @ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:50 pm
I have to agree here. It does not make any sense that we do not have the right to own property. Does anyone really support not having the right to own property? If so, please elaborate because I really do not understand the reasoning behind it. 
Banff @ Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:55 pm
Damn 
I'm beginning to like these threads popping up related to the issues of land and land ownership . I can't recall how many times I've bitched about it and it gone unnoticed .
Privately and Socially it has become something more costly than what it can return to anyone and what is it really worth ? In my opinion the cost of the deed (paper) its printed on and you either use it or lose it (reisdentially too). This whole crap of rich before you are born and the rest of the public enslaved to pay for it needs to go 
but don't expect to have volker steven (roads ,sewage , powerlines etc)anywhere in sight if you don't want to pay taxes either .