They've been renovating for a couple years now. Isnt expected to be completely finished for another five years or so. The idiots forgot to do any maintenence on the buildings whatsoever since they were built it seems. So now its costing billions to refit them. It might be cheaper to build new buildings.
Oh I know. I lived in Ottawa for nearly 20 years.
I am certain that there are massive amounts of foreign tourists who probably think that scaffolding is part of the "look", lol.