The Canadian Franciscans are evaluating all their physical assets throughout Canada as they envision the future of their ministries. This occurs as friars age, as fewer men enter the Order, and as the ministries they once provided change. The Franciscans want to assure themselves of the greatest flexibility for the future uses of these physical assets. The South Lands ASP puts forth the possibility of a complete community, near to the centre of town, which is in accord with the Town’s own plans for sustainability and green space planning.
The Franciscans have no intentions to pursue any immediate changes within the South Lands. Their primary motivation to advance this ASP it to establish land use certainty for these lands should the Franciscans ever decide to divest their interest in the lands.