PSPC further scales back construction projects, but work on Centre Block continues

The department says to date 85 projects in the parliamentary precinct have been ‘temporarily demobilized’ in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, a list that includes interior repairs to the East Block building.

Construction workers, pictured on April 22 on Wellington Street, continue to work on projects around the parliamentary precinct amid the outbreak, though operations have been scaled back following the Ontario government's moratorium. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 22, 2020

Public Services and Procurement Canada has further scaled back ongoing construction work on a range of federal projects since Ontario announced its moratorium on construction in the province, but renovations to the historic Centre Block building continue to crawl ahead.

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