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East Block

• the most easterly of the three structures making up the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa and the one in which the Prime Minister has his office.

  See also: Centre Block  Eastern Block  West Block  

  • Often used figuratively to mean the federal government.

  • 1957  Behind the double doors of the East Block it is only a coalition of rival forces in constant disagreement, tension, and compromise.
  • 1964  At the East Block's invitation, military officers and diplomats from 23 countries gathered in Ottawa to exchange experience and ideas. . . .