Dead Rodents Litter PM’s Official Home, But Do Canadians Care?
BBC News | April 12, 2023 | Jessica MurphyFrom the White House to 10 Downing Street, political leaders live in some of the world’s most iconic official residences. But in Canada, the fate of 24 Sussex Drive, home to the country’s prime ministers for more than 70 years, is up in the air after it was allowed to fall into uninhabitable disrepair.
The list of problems would turn away even the most ambitious buyer looking for a fixer-upper.
The home that has welcomed the world’s elite – from John F Kennedy to Princess Diana and Mikhail Gorbachev – now sits empty, a fire trap rife with asbestos, lead, and mould, aging electrical wiring and rusted water pipes near “catastrophic collapse”, according to a federal agency. Drafty windows let in frigid Ottawa winter air and the house lacks central air conditioning for the summer months.
I know obvious, but I’ve smelled a rat ever since Justin went in there…
They wouldn’t have a rodent problem if they just kept a couple of cats around.
Or an Emu.
Sounds like there might be an Otter War.
Nice metaphor you got there Canada. Keep up the good work.
Install a windmill – that will drive the wildlife away, except maybe the moose, because they just don’t care what humans do…
24 Sussex Drive, you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.