The Chateau Laurier Hotel is part of Ottawa's Parliamentary Precinct.

Ottawa's Parliamentary Precinct includes:
The Library of Parliament
The Peace Tower
The East Block
Centre Block
West Block
Justice Building - 284 Wellington.
Statues, monuments and memorials. The National War Memorial.
The Centennial Flame
The former American Embassy.
The Senate of Canada Building - a former Canadian National Railway train station. A tunnel connected Union Station to the Chateau Laurier directly opposite.

The Rideau Committee Rooms - 1 Wellington Street.
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The owners of the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel and architect Peter Clewes are planning to desecrate one of the most historic buildings in my country. The Lalji family and Peter "The condo king of Toronto" Clewes do not even live in Ottawa and they will never have to deal with the aftermath of their decisions. Year after year people from all over the world will drive, cycle, walk or sail past the new addition to the hotel, a blight on the landscape.
Many people who live in Kingston, Ontario resent the fact that entities from Toronto are redeveloping the Kingston Pen.
The Fairmont Chateau Frontenac Hotel in Quebec City is protected by UNESCO, a United Nations agency. The Historic District of Old Quebec became a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site during the year 1985.

Anne Baxter and Montgomery Clift in a scene from the 1953 movie "I Confess". The Chateau Frontenac Hotel can be seen in the distance. Quebec City was the filming location for the entire movie. (Wikipedia photo.)

The Parliament Buildings and Chateau Laurier were depicted on a Canadian one dollar bill.

The 1982 movie "Little Gloria...Happy at Last" was filmed in the Chateau Laurier; the movie recounts the life of Gloria Vanderbilt. Which is interesting because Ms. Vanderbilt's ancestor Cornelius Vanderbilt was a railroad tycoon and the Chateau was a railway hotel.