Are these buildings really "Secondary National Symbols?"

The East Block of Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The West Block of Parliament.

The Supreme Court of Canada, 301 Wellington Street.The City of Ottawa is buying Supreme Court of Canada land and other sections of Parliament Hill for their Light Rail Transit. (Google:NCC Board"Tram preference on Wellington, new pathways for LeBreton..." by Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen,January 21,2021.)

The Confederation Building, 229 Wellington Street.Wikipedia photo.

"The Supreme Court, Confederation Building and East and West Block and other Secondary National Symbols are afforded the second level of visual protection. The silhouette of background buildings may rise above the roofline of the Secondary National Symbols." (Page 96/153, Canada's Capital Views Protection.)

OTHER SECONDARY NATIONAL SYMBOLS IN THE CAPITAL

The National Gallery

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Museum of History

Chateau Laurier Hotel

 (Information is from "New Tools for View Controls in Canada's Capital 2016",page 37/76.)

   The Mayor and several members of City Council will probably support the hotel owners, if Larco wants to add 10 or more storeys to the Chateau Laurier extension:

 This is what former Somerset Ward/Little Italy Councillor Diane Holmes told David Reevely:

 "The Development Review Services is responsible for processing development applications. It has become increasingly apparent that this branch no longer represents the citizens or neighbourhoods of this ward. Rather, this branch represents the interests of the development industry. Input from the public is generally disregarded because this branch considers residents comments NIMBY comments."

     "The branch provides support to any application with little or no recognition of the neighbourhood wants or needs...You want to add 10 extra storeys on your building? Fine by us. You don't want to provide visitor parking? Use street visitor parking instead. Too many trees in front of your building? No problem, we'll remove them." ("Diane Holmes whacks the city's planning department" by David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, May 19, 2014.)

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  Legal Title-Parliament Hill, House of Commons, Ottawa-December 21, 1963.

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Senate Bill S-203, an Act to amend the National Capital Act.

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Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker is greeting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario. October 1957. Archives of Canada photo.