Due to Gatineau's proximity to the national capital, and its status as the main town of the Outaouais region of Quebec, there are a number of federal and provincial government offices are located in Gatineau.
A policy of the federal government to distribute federal jobs on both sides of the Ottawa River led to the construction of several massive office towers to house federal civil servants in what was then Hull (now Hull sector in Gatineau); the largest of these are Place du Portage and Terrasses de la Chaudi~{((~}re, occupying part of what had been the downtown core of Hull.
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