Carney to launch fundraising campaign for 24 Sussex restoration

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Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce Friday a public fundraising campaign to restore or rebuild the long-vacant 24 Sussex Drive, the official prime minister's residence. The plan includes a nationwide design competition to invite Canadian firms to propose how to make the house a suitable official residence again for future prime ministers. 24 Sussex has been empty and declared uninhabitable since 2015, forcing successive prime ministers to live elsewhere. The fundraising drive is intended to help cover restoration or reconstruction costs rather than rely solely on annual government budgeting. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre criticized the initiative, saying housing affordability makes 24 Sussex the "last thing on our minds." Officials say the next steps are launching the design competition and unveiling fundraising details; total costs and a construction timetable have not been published.

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@beppil007.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... I really don't think about [24 Sussex] at all” said Poilievre “When I go around this country& I meet so many people who can't afford a place to live..I just think the last thing on our minds should be 24 Sussex Dr” Hey Skippy-where do YOU live & who’s paying 4 it? #NeverPP

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🇨🇦SKEETERS🏳️‍🌈16

I got really pissed off when he said that. He loves to twist things around. Yes, l 24 Sussex Drive is important. It's where the leader of our Country is supposed to be living for Christ sake.🤬 Go to hell PP

🇨🇦Murphy the Cat's Dad🐾10

Make little Pee Pee pay for his residence. What a fvcking little moocher. Useless little pecker head.

Lil Cin 🇨🇦8

If he was concerned about where and how is normal folk live, he would direct his party to support any number of bills that would make a difference for us. He does not cause he's living in a lovely place on our dime. Hypocrisy, thine name is Pierre.

Kate in SK 🍁6

The problem with 24 Sussex Dr exists because it was the last thing on the mind of too many PMs. They thought the public would act as short-sighted and sulky as Poilievre is now. Canada is an advanced economy and a proud nation. The PM's official residence shouldn't be a national embarrassment.

Paula Boutis6

This is our heritage. It should be protected.

Erin 🇨🇦2

We should not be housing the leader of the opposition. I don’t care what party, they can pay for their own housing

Adora Borealis 🇨🇦2

Let’s save, restore and protect our wonderful collective symbols of a united Canada. A nation for all. 🇨🇦💪🇨🇦

My IRL friends call me Chris

@christyceeck.bsky.social

This is the opposite of what #ElbowsUp voters voted for. Why is Mark Carney asset-stripping Canada? And why are tech broligarchs anywhere near this, and influencing so much Carney government policy? #CdnPoli

What does appear clear is that Canada’s tech companies want a private piece of this public asset, and perhaps, so do the American companies some of them are affiliated with. Indeed, among Build Canada’s evolving policy proposals is a recent call to allow the approval of foreign ownership of telecommunications companies.

This increasing alignment between many of this country’s tech broligarchs and their American cousins is cause for alarm. Last week, Shopify executives were robustly defending Elon Musk and lauding his new, trillionaire status. If Build Canada is already borrowing from U.S. tech leaders’ views on economic priorities and political policy, Canadians should be alert to what could come next — more overt attacks on democracy.

1911h ago

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

@minibubbly.bsky.social

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the government's long-awaited decision about the future of 24 Sussex Drive in the coming weeks, sources tell CBC News. #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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jimmycraig42.bsky.social18

Kick Pierre out of Stornaway,make it the official residence of the PM Give Pierre a van down by the river

Aaron Wherry

@aaronwherry.bsky.social

Only 24 hours remaining if there's anyone out there who hasn't written a "here's what they should do about 24 Sussex" take.

2612h ago

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Tao of Stieb12

No matter the government's decision, people will piss and moan in bad faith or just to amuse themselves. Which is how the property reached this level of neglect. Yet somehow, Stornaway gets zhuzhed up every time a new hoser arrives.

James McCrea6

If you’re already in line: remain in line!

Trapdinawrpool

@trapdinawrpool.bsky.social

The Billy Bishop fiasco shows why Mark Carney shouldn’t privatize Canada’s airports www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

It’s possible that Doug Ford has a burning compulsion to destroy Toronto’s lovely waterfront.

But it’s more likely the premier’s crazy plan to permit a huge jet runway to criss-cross the harbour is really just about pleasing some private shareholders.

Indeed, it’s increasingly clear that Ford’s case for expanding Billy Bishop airport makes little sense — except from the viewpoint of shareholders in Nieuport Aviation, a company advised by U.S. banking giant JP Morgan.

146h ago

Toronto Star

@thestar.com

Raising the political stakes for Alberta’s separation vote this fall, Prime Minister Mark Carney insisted Thursday that the referendum is “real” and could derail national efforts to position Canada as a reliable partner in an uncertain world.

146h ago

Toronto Star5

Carney drew on his experience as the central banker in the United Kingdom through its chaotic withdrawal from the European Union, stressing that consequences of an independence vote can ricochet over several years.

bellriots30.bsky.social3

So why the fuck did you let it gain steam, and acquiesce to Smith?

Quoting this

Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian)4

A lot of my American trauma is manifesting as a deep worry for my Canadian friends because of Danielle Smith’s stupid, stupid pandering.

John P de New 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺2

Charge AB PREMIER SMITH with SEDIITION

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@skeeters2025.bsky.social

165h ago

49th Parallel 🇨🇦

@kth100.bsky.social

“Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is “preparing humanitarian assistance” for Venezuela following a pair of deadly earthquakes hit the country Wednesday evening.” #Venezuala #cdnpoli

106h ago

regcalgary.bsky.social

@regcalgary.bsky.social

I have a suggestion. We sell Stornoway,where PP has squatted on the public dime since he became leader, and use that money to pay for 24 Sussex Dr., which we need for our prime minister.

134h ago

Rod

@roddlyyours.bsky.social

24 Sussex is an embarrassment. It has to be fixed. This is a non-partisan issue. By the time the renovations are completed, in all likelihood Canada will have a different prime minister.

107h ago

Andrea Woo

@andreawoo.bsky.social

Just seeing this photo of Prime Minister Mark Carney and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, at the game at BC Place yesterday after Switzerland's second goal (Photo by Anne-Marie Sorvin/Reuters)

1410h ago

Kevin Wilson

@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social

24 Sussex is, for those that don't know, the Canadian PM's residence. The Canadian White House, if you want. It's been uninhabited for a decade because its falling apart. "Fix it?" Yes! Well, we would. But it costs money. And spending money on the PM is unpopular, so... holding pattern.

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