‘Freedom Convoy’-prompted pause to Centre Block work cost estimated $3-million: PSPC

The Centre Block work site was closed between Jan. 28 and Feb. 21 as a result of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ that took root in downtown Ottawa, concentrated along Wellington Street, last month.

Police stand in front of the Vaux Wall, which lines Parliament Hill along Wellington Street, on Feb. 17, with signs from participants of the 'Freedom Convoy,' protective fencing, and the Centre Block building pictured behind them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 8, 2022

Work to renovate Centre Block and build a new underground visitor’s welcome centre is running apace to where where it was before a 16-day suspension caused by the “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa last month, an interruption that Public Services and Procurement Canada estimates co...

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