During the first nine months of this fiscal year, the RCMP spent $2.5 million on security for MPs. If spending continues at the same pace, the cost of MPs’ security for this fiscal year could hit $3.4 million — almost double what it cost a year earlier.
Over fiscal 2022/23, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) spent $1.8 million to protect MPs, up from $1.3 million the year before.
The figures obtained from the RCMP do not include the cost of protecting the prime minister. They also don’t include spending by other bodies that also provide protection for Canada’s 338 members of Parliament, such as local police services, the Parliamentary Protective Service and the House of Commons.
The House of Commons has also taken steps to increase security for MPs but has not said how much it has cost.
While the cost of protecting MPs has been rising, it’s still a fraction of the more than $30 million a year it has cost to protect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family over the previous two fiscal years.
It’s 10 cents a year per Canadian.
Say what you want about their corruption and incompetency, by all means! But the cost to prevent/deter a radical opponent from harming some of our highest government officials is minimal at this point.
I know a lot of folks have good reason to despise some MPs, but do you really want some sort of January 6th insurrection event? If you do, that’s a good argument for everyone else to pitch in their dime.
440 dollars per MP/month
Honestly that sounds like a bargain. I don’t think 440 buys a lot of security.