Centre Block occupants ‘skeptical’ of summer move-out plans, but department says schedule hasn’t changed

So far, roughly $852-million has been authorized for the Centre Block rehabilitation project, bringing the total cost of Parliament’s renovation to almost $3.5-billion to date.

The interim House of Commons Chamber in the West Block building's courtyard, as pictured in mid-January 2018. The public galleries around the new, interim Chamber have been installed, and work is underway on a structure for the Speaker's chair. Photograph courtesy of PSPC

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 29, 2018

The Centre Block building’s emptying out is just around the corner—at least based on current department timelines—but its present occupants say they’re “skeptical” the big move into the West Block and Government Conference Centre buildings will actually end up happening this summer. “...

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