Certainly in terms of property taxes it's a loss (or at least a potential loss - the owners of Terrasses de la Chaudière are still paying their taxes as the feds are still paying rent).
In terms of Vieux-Hull businesses the relied on public servants yeah it sucks.
But businesses in other parts of Gatineau have probably seen a bit of an uptick in terms of how things were pre-pandemic.
All of those people who worked in Ottawa and ate there and shopped there on their lunch break or in the late afternoon are doing a lot more of their business on the Gatineau side these days.
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