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Originally Posted by McMurph
I was in McDougall School for the first time just recently. It's beautiful, though oddly empty. I was told the government is trying to find more opportunities and events to open it to the public.
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Originally Posted by DizzyEdge
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McDougall is hard to open up. There are massive implications for allowing the public to meet in the same rooms as Treasury Board, Cabinet, or Caucus.
It is an impressive building, but the lower level conference rooms aren't very soundproof, so you can't use adjacent rooms. The province has started using it for info sessions which is good though, get some use of the reception space.
The caucus room on the top floor is pretty nice, but could use new chairs. The acoustics aren't as good as the Government House caucus room in Edmonton (The Alberta Room), and the sight lines are a bit worse, so it was a bit harder to use. The goal for caucus was to not use electronics for sound amplification.