Diplomatic Circles

Local MP wants NCC to look elsewhere for new embassy row

The NCC is appealing Ottawa City Council's decision to reject a proposal for five embassies in Mechanicsville.

Local Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi and a community group are fighting to protect Lazy Bay Commons from becoming a diplomatic precinct. The Hill Times photograph by Neil Moss

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BY NEIL MOSS

October 11, 2022

Amid the National Capital Commission’s appeal to overturn the rejection of a proposed diplomatic precinct in Ottawa's Mechanicsville neighbourhood, the MP who represents the area wants to see the project moved west to Tunney’s Pasture. In December 2020, the NCC initially proposed building six e...

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