Massive Fortress coming soon to Ottawa

[Topaz]

I could believe this when I first read and wonder what happen to the belt-tightening in Ottawa and how many billions is this going to cost? I have no problem bring all these places together but is now the time? BTW, when you come to the last line of the story, could this be the reason that Nortel is gone? http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Massive+fortress+Ottawa+works/2723095/story.html

[M.Dancer]

BTW, when you come to the last line of the story, could this be the reason that Nortel is gone?

There has been speculation that DND may be interested in the sprawling Carling Avenue campus of the insolvent Nortel Networks

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[GostHacked]

I could believe this when I first read and wonder what happen to the belt-tightening in Ottawa and how many billions is this going to cost? I have no problem bring all these places together but is now the time? BTW, when you come to the last line of the story, could this be the reason that Nortel is gone? http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Massive+fortress+Ottawa+works/2723095/story.html

No the reason Nortel is gone is because of crappy management. Nortel has been dying for years.

But on the other notion of being the next London, England, I am not a fan of that at all. Cameras are now ubiquitous. We are monitored 24/7 by various technologies and services already that you simply won't live without.

[kimmy]

The idea that the federal government had Nortel "disappeared" so that they could move into the Carling campus is utterly ludicrous, even by Topaz standards.

My daddy worked for Nortel back in the heyday. Our family was among the thousands affected when Nortel slashed its ranks about 10 years ago. Funny accounting caught up with them... revenues were never what was claimed... the stock crashed to 2% of its former value within a few weeks... but by then the key executives had sold their stock options for tens of millions of dollars and made themselves scarce.

I feel most badly for the thousands upon thousands of Canadian retirees whose financial portfolios depended on those Nortel stocks that proved to be all but worthless. There was a widely circulated e-mail about two people... one who invested in Nortel stocks and another who wasted his money on beer. The beer ultimately proved to be the better financial investment, as the empties were worth more than Nortel stocks.

Dad was philosophical. Even though he'd relocated the family for what turned out to be just a couple of years of work, he got paid very well for it. He remains surprised that some of the people involved haven't seen jail time, however.

-k

[eyeball]

But on the other notion of being the next London, England, I am not a fan of that at all. Cameras are now ubiquitous. We are monitored 24/7 by various technologies and services already that you simply won't live without.

I could live with this if the surveillance cameras were aimed at the government instead. We'd get a much bigger bang for the buck if we did that.

[Shwa]

The federal government appears to be laying groundwork for what could be the most formidable fortress Ottawa has ever seen.

It's Tunney's Pasture. Word got out that they were liquidating test monkeys in the secret basement labs at the Health Canada building and PETA has threatened to retaliate. Plus they want to have an outdoor Ann Coulter concert on the steps of the Stats Canada building and need to secure the place from the crazy left-wing, pseudo-student scat disturbers. Ted Nugent is the first act.

[GostHacked]

I could live with this if the surveillance cameras were aimed at the government instead. We'd get a much bigger bang for the buck if we did that.

I'd be alright with that as well.