EDITORIAL: Spare a dime for the PM’s new home?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is misguided when he says fixing the house is a low priority.

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Source Article content The ongoing drama over what to do about 24 Sussex Drive, the now-decrepit official residence of our prime minister, will not be resolved by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s convoluted solution. Article content He’s proposed an architectural competition and a new charitable entity, The Rideau Hall Foundation, to implement a $50-million fundraising effort targeting individual and philanthropic giving. Corporate donations will not be allowed. This takes decision-making out of the hands of politicians who don’t want to be seen as making multi-million-dollar decisions that might be construed as feathering their nests. It’s also a lack of leadership. The blame for the parlous state of 24 Sussex rests squarely on the shoulders of the National Capital Commission (NCC), the Crown corporation that owns and manages it along with other federal property in the capital. It was...

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