Mary Simon says serving as Governor General was the 'honour of a lifetime'

While it took the federal government more than a decade to come up with a plan for the future of the prime minister’s official residence, the online path to raise private money for 24 Sussex Dr. got off the ground within a single working day. By midday Monday, the foundation running the government’s efforts to pass the hat around to support the renovation for the 35-room stone mansion had already added a donation path to its website . The Rideau Hall Foundation did not immediately return calls Monday from National Post, but the Canadian Press reported that the site had already raised...