This is just a classic example of how messed up Ottawa is. - Maintenance for 24 Sussex is under the control of the National Capital Commission (NCC). - The pe

This is just a classic example of how messed up Ottawa is. - Maintenance for 24 Sussex is under the control of the National Capital Commission (NCC). - The people who work at the NCC don't like doing their maintenance responsibilities. They like holding festivals. You need to scream and shout to get them to maintain buildings. - The press likes to jump on any politician screaming and shouting to get renovations. - The NCC will fight like hell to stop anyone from tearing down one of their buildings. Even if it is a piece of crap with little historic value. - 24 Sussex was built by a man trying to win back his wife, it wasn't built to last. The government got it on the cheap and used it because it looked nice and had a prime location. So they can't do the logical thing and replace the building with one built to last hundreds of years. Renovating it would cost a fortune and won't fix the fundamental problems.