Commentary
For more than a decade, Canada has allowed the official residence of its prime minister to sit vacant and deteriorate. What should be one of our country’s most recognizable national symbols has instead become an international embarrassment. It is time to restore 24 Sussex Drive. This should never have become a partisan issue. The residence belongs neither to a prime minister nor to a political party. It belongs to Canada.
Like Parliament, Rideau Hall, and the Supreme Court, 24 Sussex is one of the institutions that reflects the continuity of our democracy. Countries reveal much about themselves by the way they treat their public institutions. Nations that respect their history preserve it. Nations confident in their future invest in it. Canada should do both….