The Residences - Inside 24 Sussex - Home of Canada's Prime Minister - A tour with Laureen Harper

Laureen Harper takes CPAC's Catherine Clark on an exclusive tour of 24 Sussex Dr., the prime minister's official Ottawa residence. Take an extended sneak peek at the rooms and outdoor spaces that few Canadians get to see.

[@windsorwiarton9582]

Politics aside (not a Conservative by any means) I want to send a big Thank You to Laureen Harper for fostering homeless kittens and cats!!! Wish we'd known more about her while her husband was PM. Not that it would sway me to vote Conservative, but I do respect her for the compassion she's shown in helping animals.

[@Exluto]

Windsor Wiarton the cats ruined that house

[@soulpowerful]

Thanks to liberals, our country is a disaster

[@dansbrown1313]

I think she's great and comes across as a real Canadian. I agree with Rhys, She should have been a bigger part of Mr Harpers public life.

[@drunkenconspiracy6534]

its a very humbling home for such a prestige position

[@drunkenconspiracy6534]

@Daniel De saint malo yes i believe for a leader of a 1st world country that this home is very humble...

[@josevilas4927]

Too much talking, and to little showing...I wanted to see every piece of the mansion.

[@rhymeandreasoning]

Jeepers. I stumbled upon this just now, still in the midst of watching it, and this lady Laureen Harper, I am like, why was she so in the background during her husbands run as PM. I never knew anything of her til now. She seems like a sweetheart. Sometimes the lady should be just as out front as her husband. She was First Lady of Canada for so many years and I never heard her really speak til I watched this video..and I am loving her. Kirk..in Montreal

[@rhymeandreasoning]

according to me, we do :-) :-) Xx

[@rhymeandreasoning]

lol thank you

[@smallstudiodesign]

I’m ok with there being an interview - but let’s get the show on the road - and get the cameras focused on the actual interiors.

[@cchiasson6019]

If I was PM I would be more than happy to tour the house with her

[@edithegyi1994]

The camera operator should have shown what they were talking about.

[@VinylToVideo]

You can always tell when a show is Canadian because the cameramen are so incompetent.

[@yakubowskibukowski2101]

Wanted to see shots of the house. Ended up just seeing two broads gab at each other for friggin half hour.

[@TravisPatron]

Exactly what I was thinking. I just want to see the house!

[@QueenlySweetpea]

The title is misleading with the word tour ..

[@piusx8317]

To be honest not much to the house to see lol. I live in bigger

[@gameinformer4045]

@@piusx8317 what's the size of your house?

[@piusx8317]

@@gameinformer4045 Big enough.

[@pistolpete8231]

This looks more like a haunted house. I'm surprised mice weren't spotted in this video.

[@cooprocksalittle]

Laureen Harper is lovely. Very charming woman.

[@svahas]

+cooprocksalittle She has soul less, eyes, like her husband. Lacking vitality, vague cynicism.

[@meganmills4386]

+cooprocksalittle a Genuine person

[@ebrahimfawad940]

Certainly better and more formal than miserable Sophie Fidel.

[@guayabito6946]

I'm sorry but those paintings do not match the decor.

[@smallstudiodesign]

Those are Ted Harrison - classic Canadian artist - you’re just ignorant about art Those paintings express Canada’s North beautifully

[@guayabito6946]

@@smallstudiodesign I might be ignorant, but they still do not match the decor.

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@guayabito6946"Match"? Art is not meant to "match." Your taste sounds very suburban. You probably like "ornaments" that come in pairs.

[@garymclaughin]

Ted Harrison, I was going to say that. The Yukon yeah boy I sure know that place, I was on shift when your husband when checking out something for us, my buddy phoned and said you will never guess who I am standing beside masi cho merci bouquet, thank you.

[@pepis56]

Who's the host parents ? She said she use to live there

[@beckymason2195]

Catherine Clark is the daughter of Joe Clark.

[@terri4561]

What a beautiful woman Justin is very lucky hope he is as lucky keeping his position as our Prime Minister….🙏

[@dougandkimsopha1214]

That’s not Justin’s wife. It’s Steven Harpers wife

[@kathryndahl4752]

she is awesome but the home is weird

[@QueenlySweetpea]

What did you find weird about it ?

[@danielbicknell1483]

Ironic that the federal government is not responsible for housing but we are responsible for his. Time for a sober look on how we treat the general public. It is shameful.

[@areyoukidding1693]

I wanted to see what the Trudeau were upset about? I would love to be able to live somewhere rent free.

[@oliverfasola19]

They are in Rideau cottage as well, you’re paying their rent

[@seanwebb605]

It simply a fact that the house needed work done on the heating, ventilation, electrical and so much more. It has nothing at all to do with the preference of the current prime minister.

[@dougandkimsopha1214]

The house is full of asbestos and mold

[@desdicado999]

Harper gone but not forgotten now we have another box of dog biscuits to chew on Same pirates different ship

[@pistolpete8231]

Trust me, that blue eyed devil is forgotten

[@donshilo2024]

This is their white house?

[@piusx8317]

No. More equivelant to 10 Downing St in London.

[@stanbrown32]

You can search for similar video tours of Rideau Hall, which Mrs. Harper refers to in this as being just across the street. Rideau Hall is the home of the Governor General of Canada, so it is larger, more stately, and so more like the White House.

[@piusx8317]

@@stanbrown32 I wouldn't call Rideau Hall stately or regal 😂

[@stanbrown32]

@@piusx8317 Well, vice-regal at least ;) But the ball room is definitely stately.

[@piusx8317]

@@stanbrown32 The one that looks like a circus 😂

[@picklepoppers8223]

A simple, elegant and cozy place. Hard to believe that this humble home is where the PM of a major g7 nation lives.

[@ksedran1]

Humble? I would say it's a pretty nice home and fitting size and value for a Canadian PM

[@picklepoppers8223]

@@ksedran1 different perspective I guess. 👍

[@piusx8317]

@@ksedran1 It's very, very small and modern

[@VinylToVideo]

@@ksedran1 Lmao it doesn't even even appear to have central air, with window AC units hanging out the window which looks ridiculous. Quit looking at this through the lens of an average Joe such as yourself who probably rents a hole in the wall apartment and realize it is the home of the leader of the country, provided by the country. It is very humble for what its purpose is.

[@colleenpeck6347]

​@@VinylToVideoI just watched the CBC news about how this hasn't been well maintained in 60 years. That's why Trudeau has NEVER lived there since becoming PM.

[@layna8924]

CATHERINE CLARK NEEDS TO STOP THAT ANNOYING TOUCH FINGERS TOGETHER THINGY, IT IS VERY DISTRACTING...THE FOCUS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON HER HANDS, BUT, ON THE HOSTESS SHE'S INTERVIEWING...;)

[@englishruraldoggynerd]

Looks like she’s describing something..... personal..... to her girlfriends 👯‍♀️

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Is there a worse narrator than Catherine Clark? Probably, but someone who speaks too slowly, with a stilted cadence, a monotone and raspy voice, should not be narrating documentaries.

[@stanbrown32]

She isn't narrating a documentary, she is interviewing Mrs. Harper. It is only a shame she didn't share more of her childhood memories of living in 24 Sussex Drive (although her father was Prime Minister for only a short time).

[@martyreking5487]

The title should be " Filming Lauren Harper Talking Inside 24 Sussex " Pretty lame tour of the house.

[@stephiegetsit]

Cannot believe the Trudeau's refused to live there

[@N-E_]

He lives there

[@wm4bmtop]

@@N-E_ The government decides on the timing of building renovations and updates - and hence placed the Trudeaus across the street by Rideau Hall. The renovations are decades overdue, as Mr. Trudeau certainly could attest, having grown up there.

[@VinylToVideo]

@@wm4bmtop He refused to live there. It was publicly reported and well known.

[@michaelvilleneuve194]

@@VinylToVideo Good lol. Decades overdue. His mom still describes it as the Crown Jewel of the Canadian penal system, and Maureen McTeer said it was just a terrible place - and for both of them, all that was decades ago. Shameful how it's been left to deteriorate like that.

[@rorygillmore6555]

I'm trying to get an idea of the disrepair that this house is apparently in that costs "millions" to fix up somehow... And these broads just talked nonsense for half an hour in 4 different rooms of a massive house... not what I would call a tour... lol

[@prtyflywhitguy]

Jan Arden made a sarky comment about my cat , your cat is fat , then she says so is she lmao , i dont know if she meant jan wrote so am I? , but it sure sounded like the pms wife called Jan Arden fat lmao , i spit my pop out when i got to that part

[@Kerkopes]

Start packing.

[@mattc7005]

This aged well

[@therealpvc2541]

Miss me now - Stephen Harper

[@johnscanlon3362]

Mrs Harper seems like a lower key version of her husband, a control freak. the story about throwing the shoes out was a good example.

[@LorettaLaz]

This is exactly how I envision a REAL Canadian Prime Minister to live and behave in their home. Shoes, hockey sticks at the door, the PM's band practicing and drinking a beer, a fire pit in the back.... Laureen is so gracious and down to earth, 'help yourself to the fridge'...lol. Now can ONE person say they believe the Trudeau's are ANYTHING LIKE THIS? In fact Laureen couldn't care less about having HER hand decorate, Mrs Trudeau will spend MILLIONS on this house going over every detail so she and JT LOOK like they live in a palace. In fact this house was not good enough for them on any level, that's why they all out refused to live here until the hundred million dollars in renovations were done. I wonder where all Laureen's nanny's are, OOPS, ya right, she didn't have any, guess the Trudeau's will need 2 more rooms done for their NON Canadians nanny'S. I can't wait to get REAL CANADIANS back in this house, filling it with the Sheer kids it will go back to resembling a real home like when the Harpers lived in it. I bet they re dig the firepit that the Trudeau's likely covered with some massive French fountain - can you even IMAGINE Mrs Trudeau BBQing? Lmao, 'Oh Chef, put a sirloin patty on that thing will you'?. I hope Mrs Sheer saved the Rhubarb, do you think Sofie even knows what it is? The Sheers will do wonderfully here and enjoy every piece if it IF the Trudeau's dont turn in into too much of a museum.

[@CanImperator]

The amount spent on renovations is determined by the Ottawa commission that owns the house, not the PM.

[@Exluto]

ALBERTA GIRL yeah a "real house" a house that was infested with mice, had a leaking roof, asbestos, ventilation in critical condition, hasn't been renovated since the 1950s at least Trudeau is doing what should of been done 20 years ago and taking action to repair a heritage property for the next generation.

[@Exluto]

ALBERTA GIRL not to mention Harper ran a cat shelter out of the place talk about lack of judgment it's a multi million dollar mansion not a cat shelter.

[@jillianjacques4190]

He’s not living in this house and renovating it? He’s living In Rideau cottage... 🤭🙄

[@007nadineL]

What a great actress WINO Laureen is. She left Stephen Harper in 2006 / 2007. You would never know it from her many lies here in this video.

[@dryan2259]

She does not look like a very happy person, nor does she seem particularly bright.

[@superskiier50]

+dryan22 she's a harper, are you surprised?

[@Gobbersmack]

Ah that patented liberal projection.