A uniquely Canadian national embarrassment

It’s been obvious for many years that Canadians resent spending on the prime minister’s residence, labelling it self-indulgent and wasteful.

The deterioration of 24 Sussex Drive reflects Canada’s innate regional divisions and the resentment of centralized power in a very decentralized, regionally oriented federal system, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Kevin Philipupillai

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

April 12, 2023

OTTAWA—During the 2015 campaign, then-third party leader Justin Trudeau joked that he had to win because the lease was ending on the house he rented in Ottawa and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau would be furious if, by losing the election, he left the...

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