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Here’s what the presentation package available at the public Board Meeting said with respect to the development of plans subordinate to the Gatineau Park Master Plan:

Different plans resulting from the Gatineau Park Master Plan are being developed on schedule: the Outdoor Activity Plan and the Sustainable Transportation Plan will be submitted for public consultation during the next quarter.

I have to take issue with that “on schedule” statement. The first round of Recreational Management Plan consultations took place in September of 2009 at which time a second round was planned for the spring of 2010.

The delay may be understandable in that there isn’t clear consensus on what the Plan should consist of or where it’s going. This was apparent in the June 2010 a report on the previous fall’s consultations and may well need reconsideration if Bill C-20 becomes law, since it enshrines for the first time the requirement that Gatineau Park be managed to include “allowing for the pursuit of recreational activities.”

As part of the CEO’s report today to the NCC Board of Directors, acquisitions of land for Gatineau Park were reported as follows:

On January 1, 2008, the NCC identified 405 private properties with a total area of approximately 600 hectares (1,483 acres).

Since the last Board meeting, we have concluded four transactions for a total area of 5.3 hectares (13.2 acres). This brings the total area to 155.8 hectares (385 acres) for the 30 private properties acquired since January 2008 in Gatineau Park.