brendan metrakos

For a While (2026)

A summer around Parliament, seen less as a national monument than as a place people repeatedly enter, leave, explain, preserve, and occasionally get lost inside.

Parliament’s Gothic architecture framed by a dark window
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A Canadian flag beside a room plaque inside Parliament
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A framed parliamentary portrait on a panelled wall
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A formal parliamentary office with desks and chairs
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The Peace Tower glimpsed through an angular reflection
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The House of Commons chamber in West Block
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An empty parliamentary committee room
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A glowing Coca-Cola machine in a Parliament corridor
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A Canadian flag seen through an open doorway
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Visitors gathered beneath Canadian flags on Parliament Hill
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A visitor reading the names recorded on parliamentary walls
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Ceremonial guards in scarlet uniforms on Parliament Hill
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People resting in a sunlit Ottawa park
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Parliament buildings seen through a car window at sunset
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A small plant beside a bright window
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A monument silhouetted against a clear blue sky
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Parliament visible through dark windows at blue hour
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A single lit Gothic window in Parliament’s stone facade
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Figures silhouetted beside a rain-streaked window at dusk
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