The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature ofCanada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the national capital. The body consists of theCanadian monarch, represented by a viceroy, the governor general; an upper house: theSenate; and a lower house: the House of Commons. Each element has its own officers and organization. By constitutional convention, the House of Commons is dominant, with the Senate and monarch rarely opposing its will. The Senate reviews legislation from a less partisan standpoint and the monarch or viceroy provides Royal Assent to make bills into law. Parliament of Canada Parlement du Canada (French)42nd Canadian Parliament (current) Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area ofCrown land on the southern banks of theOttawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. ItsGothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year. Law enforcement on parliament hill and in the parliamentary precinct is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, development of the area into a governmental precinct began in 1859, after Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. Following a number of extensions to the parliament and departmental buildings and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block, Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927. Since 2002, an extensive $1 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all of the precinct's buildings; work is not expected to be complete until after 2020.