Amateurs of Spin: An NCC Lexicon
The NCC has always been concerned first and foremost with appearances -- hence their tendency to always put the best possible face on whatever nutty scheme they're working on. Here, then, is a lexicon of the NCC's most hilarious euphemisms, obfuscation, and malapropisms.
Acquisition (as in "acquired the Lebreton Flats") source
Expropriation.
Adventure of building the Capital source
We've got a $90 million budget, we're not accountable to anybody, and a boatload of plans. It's like some beautiful dream.
Building dispersal programme source
Moving Federal Government offices to office parks in the suburbs for reasons unknown.
Building the Capital on behalf of Canadians
Place flagpoles with provincial and territorial flags in several prominent locations.
Capital for all Canadians
We spend federal tax dollars, ergo, what we do is for all canadians.
Commercial and institutional uses in a green, open setting, and "rural landscape." source
Business park.
Confederation Boulevard source
See Landscaped Boulevard, but more expensive.
Create a direct connection to Gatineau Park / Connect to Gatineau Park source
Build the McConnell-Laramee expressway right through the heart of Gatineau Park.
Ensuring that land in the Capital is available for uses of national importance
Expropriation and demolition.
Environmental STEWARDSHIP source
Look after land of national significance until someone comes up with a better use for it (see Opening a gateway to Gatineau park).
Integrate Gatineau Park into the overall Capital experience 2000-2001 Annual Report p.42
See Create a direct connection to Gatineau Park.
Improve Access source
Build a road. If there's aleady a road, widen it.
Landscaped boulevard source
Any six lane highway through the centre of town. Heavy trucks welcome. See also Confederation Boulevard.
National interest land mass (NILM) source
Anything that interests the NCC. Like the weather, can change at a moment's notice.
Open a gateway to Gatineau Park source
See Create a direct connection to Gatineau Park.
Opening up Parliament Hill
A scheme that involves demolishing entire square blocks of downtown Ottawa. It started with a plan to demolish 17 blocks along Metcalfe Street and lives on as a plan to only demolish a couple of blocks along Sparks Street.
Oversee continuous reinvestment into the physical fabric of the Capital Region through rehabilitation and other land- and building-related projects to maintain and enhance the national character and significance of the Capital Region source
This is just fluff - you can ignore it.
Public consultation
Good one!
Sussex-MacKenzie site source
The Daly site.