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Parliament Hill
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the hill on which the Parliament buildings in Ottawa stand.
See: Parliament Square
Quotations
1898
Above the Chaudiere, for a couple of miles, the river is very wide, and is broken with rapids and studded with islands so that, seen from Parliament Hill in the sunlight, it has the effect of a sparkling lake.
1958
Thousands of tourists are visiting Ottawa to see the 1,000,000-odd tulips adorning the lawns of Parliament Hill, the National War Memorial and the 27-mile driveway along the Rideau canal for the annual tulip festival.
1965
. . . the federal government traffic laws apply to the Parliament Hill area. . . .
2
on (or at) Parliament Hill, in the Government or Parliament of Canada; in the House of Commons and/or the Senate.
See: Hill, the
Quotations
1908
It was opening day at Parliament Hill.
1916
the people on Parliament Hill are all wrong again.
1966
It is widely known on Parliament Hill that [he] has been in touch with the House leaders of the third parties. . . .