Colby Cosh: 24 Sussex is an insult to Canada? Come off it, bro |
There are far better, and cheaper, options than rebuilding the prime minister's residence
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The inferior national newspaper has seen fit to bid farewell to the old year by printing another op-ed bemoaning the uninhabitable state of the prime minister’s traditional primary residence at 24 Sussex Dr. I wonder if this is going to become an actual political cause in 2026 — whether our sudden Trump-era panic about state capacity and national self-reliance is going to be pressed into the service of rebuilding or rehabilitating 24 Sussex.
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On one hand, it might be nice if anyone in Ontario, at any level of government, could demonstrate an ability to actually create new housing. On the other, I’m not sure that it would be good news if the first fruits of Canada’s renewed determination to build “infrastructure” ended up being what amounts to a third official home for the PM (who has the 16-room suburban retreat at Harrington Lake, and who is currently occupying Rideau Cottage on the viceregal grounds, as his forerunner did).
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