NCC approves final renovation plans to transform old Government Conference Centre into new interim Senate Chamber, expected to cost $269-million

Ottawa’s old train station, more recently the Government Conference Centre, is currently being renovated to serve as an interim home for the Senate, including a temporary Chamber, committee rooms, and offices for Senate leadership.

An artist's rendering showing the east side of the Government Conference Centre, including plans for its new eastern façade at 2 Rideau St.Illustration courtesy of PSPC

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 4, 2016

PARLIAMENT HILL—The National Capital Commission recently approved the final design plans for the multi-million-dollar Government Conference Centre rehabilitation, with new details revealed, including plans to revamp its eastern façade, where the old train station previously abutted a pre-existing...

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