Plans for Ontario legislature renovations 'a touch' delayed, minister says

Work to renovate Ontario's legislature is still in relatively early planning stages, but it has already seen "a touch" of a delay, the minister in charge of the $1-billion-plus undertaking said Tuesday.

Calandra said he is still moving forward to secure a location for a temporary legislature while the renovations are underway, but he has kept the possible spots a closely guarded secret. Staff had looked into whether doing piecemeal renovations while closing one wing or one half at a time would be possible, but concluded it's not, Calandra has said.

Calandra said last year that the project will cost at least $1 billion. He could not provide an updated estimate Tuesday, but noted that large-scale renovations often see costs accumulate."I think the overriding principle is we want to restore the place and we want to bring it back to the fashion that can be used by parliamentarians for 100 years following this and, we'll do what it takes to ensure that we can do that.

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