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National Capital Commission to close 24 Sussex DriveThe National Capital Commission is beginning the process of closing 24 Sussex Drive, with work scheduled to begin in the new year to remove asbestos and aging infrastructure.
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National Capital Commission closing 24 Sussex to remove asbestos, obsolete equipmentThe prime minister\u0027s official residence at 24 Sussex Drive is being emptied out by the NCC to begin repairs on the crumbling structure.
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Prime minister's mansion at 24 Sussex Drive to close starting this week for remediation workStaff at 24 Sussex Drive will be relocated to prepare for the work, which will include removing asbestos and replacing obsolete utilities
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24 Sussex Drive - PM’s official residence - is being closedJustin Trudeau, who lived in 24 Sussex Drive as a child, has not taken up residence in it while Prime Minister because of its decrepit condition, and the property will now be cleared out and closed
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Politics This Morning: Trudeau to ThailandGood Thursday morning, Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine, LARISA GALADZA, is in Ottawa today, where she is scheduled to brief the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee at 11:30 a.m. You can watch the meeting here and get that briefing yourself. PTM spoke to Senator STEPHEN GREENE, a member of the committee, to find out what he wants to learn from today’s meeting with Galadza. “What’s happening on the ground as far as she is concerned, and how that reflects or ties into Canadian foreign policy,” was his first response. Greene said he also wants to know why Canada hasn’t, in his view, provided the same level of support to Ukraine as countries like Poland and the U.K., both of which—along with the United States— have sent significant amounts of weapons and other aid to the country. Or, he said, at least not as quickly as those countries did following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Canada’s Global Affairs Department says Canada sent Ukraine more than $1-billion in military aid since the war began. Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU pledged $500-million in military assistance for Ukraine while at the G20 summit in Indonesia. That’s in addition to $500-million set aside for that purpose in Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND’s spring budget. That includes money for winter clothing and portable heaters, drone cameras, and satellite photos, among other things. What’s the cabinet up to? Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU has wrapped up his time at the G20 summit in Indonesia. Now, it’s on to Thailand for a summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, better known as APEC. APEC is a collection of 21 countries that borders the Pacific, including Canada, the U.S., China, Japan, and Russia, among some of the other obvious candidates. The PMO has identified freer trade and climate change as priority issues for the summit. Justice Minister DAVID LAMETTI will testify before the House Justice Committee as it studies his bill to overhaul the way the conduct of federally-appointed judges is
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Politics This Morning: Under pressureGood Wednesday morning, Today is shaping up to be a bit of a slower day in Ottawa, unless you work on defence or foreign affairs. If you do, you’re probably preoccupied with yesterday’s news that a Russian missile had struck NATO-member Poland, killing two people. It’s still unclear whether the attack was intentional. Russia has been bombarding neighbouring Ukraine. Defence Minister ANITA ANAND told reporters yesterday that she was in touch with the Poles, and wasn’t ready to comment further. Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU attended an emergency meeting of G7 and NATO leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, according to The Canadian Press, which also reported that Russia had denied launching the missiles. PBO concerned about billions in FES for ‘anticipated’ and ‘non-announced’ costs As MPs debate the government’s bill to implement the fall economic statement, we are left to chew on some of the alarms raised by Parliamentary Budget Officer YVES GIROUX in his recent report on that statement. An important note: the statement and the bill are not synonymous. The bill would authorize and implement certain changes and expenditures that were included in the statement. A vote on the bill in Parliament is, in theory, a vote for or against those specific items, not necessarily an endorsement or rejection of the fall economic statement itself. That said, Giroux and his staff in the PBO highlighted several problems with the fall statement, including a plan to spend $14.2-billion over six years on measures the government didn’t disclose. Specifically, that includes $5.7-billion on “non-announced spending,” and $8.5-billion on “anticipated near-term pressures.” Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND’s fall statement did not elaborate on what exactly those pressures or non-announced items were. PTM caught up with Giroux yesterday following his testimony before a Senate committee. “What is concerning is that it is a big amount, and it seems to be rather precise,” he s
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