Bill Federalizes Bldg Permits

A bill yesterday introduced in the Senate would give federal regulators sweeping new powers to limit commercial redevelopment near Parliament Hill. The bill follows protests after Ottawa councillors approved an addition to the famed 1912 Chateau Laurier hotel that one senator likened to a pile of shipping containers: ‘No wild development around Parliament Hill.’

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