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Regular_John · 03-28-2014, 05:14 PM

Is there any precedence for a premier (or any other government official) having such a suite built? I know at the federal level we have long standing official residence (24 sussex drive) available to the PM and I believe the official opposition has an official residence available to them as well.

But is there any other case where they'd take a mix use/office building and put in a residence of any kind? It could certainly be argued that for a role that serves terms of 4 years having an official residence in the provincial capital makes some sense, but wouldn't it be better in the long term to purchase a single family home that can accommodate more than 2 people? You know, in case a future premier has a family of 6 or something?

Whole thing is weird.

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Regular_John First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Calgary Exp:	Is there any precedence for a premier (or any other government official) having such a suite built? I know at the federal level we have long standing official residence (24 sussex drive) available to the PM and I believe the official opposition has an official residence available to them as well. But is there any other case where they'd take a mix use/office building and put in a residence of any kind? It could certainly be argued that for a role that serves terms of 4 years having an official residence in the provincial capital makes some sense, but wouldn't it be better in the long term to purchase a single family home that can accommodate more than 2 people? You know, in case a future premier has a family of 6 or something? Whole thing is weird. Last edited by Regular_John; 03-28-2014 at 05:17 PM.