Preserve Centre Block as ‘cathedral of democracy,’ say MPs, with some modern tweaks

As Centre Block shuts its doors for its first major renovation in a century, MPs give their wish list for the new-old building.

When the renovation work on Centre Block is finished, MPs say they hope it looks much the same as it did when they left in December. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

January 23, 2019

When British Columbia MP Mark Strahl returns to Centre Block at least a decade from now, he hopes it will be like coming home—that he can walk in and say “they haven’t changed a thing.” Whether the Conservative Member of Parliament for Chilliwack-Hope is still representing his riding or ret...

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