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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Carney announces contest to revamp uninhabitable Canadian PM residence

three men in suits walk outside a large residence
The Rideau Hall Foundation CEO, Rob Prichard, left, stands with the prime minister, Mark Carney, outside 24 Sussex Drive, in Ottawa, on Friday. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

10 Downing Street has two things: mice and a chief mouser. For more than a decade, an officially recognized feline has kept rodent infestation in the British prime minister’s residence to a minimum.

Over a similar period, the official residence of Canada’s prime minister has seen an unchecked explosion of rodents.

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