Impatience grows as spare federal buildings stuck in bureaucracy
As developers eye federal properties in Ottawa, a local MP and a city councillor want to accelerate a years-long process that's delaying hopes for new housing in the capital.
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As developers eye federal properties in Ottawa, a local MP and a city councillor want to accelerate a years-long process that's delaying hopes for new housing in the capital.