🇨🇦 Canada’s PM house now takes rubles and yuan

After 11 years of letting 24 Sussex rot with mould, asbestos, rats and water damage, Ottawa’s geniuses launched a donation page that allegedly bars foreign influence while accepting dozens of currencies, including Chinese yuan and Russian rubles. Mark Carney says only Canadians can donate and big corporate money will be limited, but the system appears to run on the honor code and vibes, as reported. So naturally, the self-anointed adults are crowd-funding the prime minister’s mansion with ethical loopholes wide open.

More than $100,000 was raised by midday Monday, average donation $257, because nothing says responsible government like passing the hat for a 35-room official residence after a decade of bureaucratic decay. This is the Trudeau-Carney era in one image: state capacity for borders, housing and infrastructure is nonexistent, but elite symbolism always gets a portal, a foundation and a talking point. Sovereignty is reduced to a checkbox while the ruling class outsources even the dignity of maintaining its own institutions.

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