OTTAWA — Almost a year before the closure of 24 Sussex Drive due to disrepair and an infestation of rodents, the chairman of the National Capital Commissi
on’s board of directors warned that further delaying a cabinet decision on the fate of the residence would put the whole structure at risk.
Since then, the federal Liberal cabinet has continually deferred making a decision about whether to restore the heritage property. The concerns are detailed in a briefing note from the Privy Council Office, the administrative arm of the federal cabinet. It was obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information laws.
But in July, Seaman informed the government of the commission’s plans to close the residence entirely, saying the work that needed to happen “by no means pre-empts any future decisions by the federal government regarding the use and purpose of the residence.” Officials blame the deterioration of the 34-room mansion on consecutive governments’ unwillingness to spend money on repairing and performing proper upkeep of the house, which was first built in 1868.
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