Precinct expansion report expected this fall, but feds, city already in talks

Tied up in PROC’s review has been consideration of making Wellington Street pedestrian-only, plans for the future Ottawa-Gatineau transit loop, and plans for the precinct’s ongoing, multi-billion dollar renovation.
Ottawa Police Service officers are pictured standing in front of the Vaux Wall that lines Parliament Hill, with PPS-installed protective fencing behind them, amid the 'Freedom Convoy' protest in Ottawa on Feb. 17.
MPs expected to deliver a report on the possibility of expanding the Parliamentary Precinct this fall are weighing the benefits of wading into the Hill’s complicated tangle of jurisdictional security issues. But, as members of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) recently heard, that ...

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