Chapter Three
WORLD END: T-minus 142 days, 18 hours, and 13 minutes
PMO, Langevin Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario
The Prime Minister’s Office, located within the historic Langevin Block on Parliament Hill, was a space of controlled chaos. The high-ceilinged room, recently stripped of the previous administration’s décor, smelled faintly of fresh paint and ozone. This was the nerve center of the Canadian state, and it was operating at a full, feverish clip of post-crisis