Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Fri. June 26th, 2026

The federal government is launching a national design-and-build competition to ‘rehabilitate and modernize’ 24 Sussex Drive. The plan is announced nearly 11 years after the last Prime Minister lived at the Official Residence – Stephen Harper in 2015. And during Friday’s news conference in Ottawa, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Heritage Building is now in a critical state following decades of neglect. Guest host Andrew Pinsent checks in with Marc Denhez, the former President of Historic Ottawa Development Inc. He is also a former member of the NCC’s Official Residences Advisory Committee. Meantime, Apple has raised the prices on its Mac computers and iPads – some by almost 20 percent. The company is blaming this price hike on a global shortage of computer chips, a reality they say is driven by the latest uptick in Artificial Intelligence. Tech analyst Carmi Levy pays us a visit in Hour 2.