‘Police operation’ over after closures, evacuations near Parliament Hill
Global News
Several House of Commons committees being held in Wellington Building, which sits across Wellington Street from Parliament Hill, were suspended after alarms were heard.
A “police operation” near Parliament Hill Tuesday prompted road closures and the evacuation of a building within the Parliamentary precinct used for House of Commons committee hearings.
The operation involved a suspicious package, sources told Global News.
Ottawa police announced at 1:45 p.m. Eastern that the force was standing down and there was no danger to the public, nearly 40 minutes after it said it was assisting the Parliamentary Protective Service with the operation.
Several House of Commons committees being held in Wellington Building, which sits across Wellington Street from Parliament Hill, were suspended shortly after 12:30 p.m. Eastern after short alarm blasts were heard on committee livestreams.
“We’re going to have to suspend while there is an evacuation,” Liberal MP Robert Morrissey, the chair of the human resources committee, was heard saying on a livestream of Tuesday’s meeting.
The committee’s meeting in Wellington Building was hearing from the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Commission before it was suspended.
The public safety committee, which was hearing from witnesses on Russian disinformation, and the health committee meeting on opioids were among those also suspended and taking place in Wellington Building.
The Ottawa Police Service had said in a post on X that it was assisting the Parliamentary Protective Service with an “active police operation.”
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