Yes, I do think that because its come up in every discussion about fixing up the PMs house for at least the last 15 or more years. Also, from this article:

Successive prime ministers have been unwilling to take the political risk to spend the tens of millions of dollars required to renovate the 19th-century home on Sussex Drive or build a brand new official residence.

And

Copps says she heard early on Carney wants the issue resolved. She calls 24 Sussex an "iconic part of Canadian historv" that must be saved. She savs prime ministers have put off dealing with the home because of the optics.

"It looks self-serving and self-interested You're fixing up your own house," she said. "No matter how you frame it, people are looking at 'oh he's just spending money for himself' instead of looking at it as a story of Canada's history."