House to decide next month if Centre Block will make its massive move out this summer

Even once construction on the West Block, Government Conference Centre and the Visitors’ Welcome Centre wraps, it could take six months before they’re fully ready for use.

A glass-domed roof tops the West Block building's courtyard where the interim House of Commons Chamber sits, as pictured on the left in November 2017. The old train station at 2 Rideau St. will house the interim Senate Chamber, as pictured in January. Centre Block is expected to be closed for at least 10 years once the renovations begin.Photographs courtesy of PSPC

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 28, 2018

The House Board of Internal Economy will make a final decision on June 14 on whether or not the move out of Centre Block and into the West Block will take place this summer as originally planned, according to Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, a member of the powerul management board. There�...

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