Design plans for Centre Block’s big renovation to be finalized in 2022, say House officials

Meanwhile, the House Affairs Committee is looking into the fate of Parliament Hill’s estimated 100-year-old elm tree, and recently heard from deputy speaker Bruce Stanton as part of its study into creating a parallel debating chamber.

Design plans for Parliament Hill's iconic Centre Block building won't be finalized until January 2022, Members of Parliament were recently told. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 25, 2019

Canada's iconic Centre Block building was emptied for construction about two months ago, but a final design for the building’s renovation won’t be finalized until January 2022, Parliamentarians recently learned. Since MPs, Senators, and staff finished clearing out of the Centre Block in January...

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