Inside Canada's rotting official residences: Why six properties need $175M in repairs

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Years of neglect and chronic underfunding have taken their toll on the six homes where Canada\u0027s leaders live.

lists 7 Rideau Gate as the site of the first bilateral meeting between newly-elected U.S. president George H.W. Bush and then-PM Brian Mulroney in Feb. 1989.

Major projects undertaken in the home since 2005 include foundation repairs, heating and cooling upgrades, kitchen renovations and landscaping work. Addressing these issues, and upgrading the home’s condition from fair to good, would cost $1.41 million.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Perhaps the world’s most famous official residence is the White House, the home and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Here’s a peak at other official residences.President Joe Biden during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.

Official residences are also provided to the country’s most senior military leaders, including the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, and the chiefs of the army, air force, navy and marine corps.Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty ImagesThe PM lives and works at 10 Downing Street, while the chancellor of the exchequer lives next door at 11 Downing Street.

Dorneywood, a country estate in Buckinghamshire, is provided for use by either the chancellor of the exchequer or deputy prime minister.Article content

 

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