XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, ont.politics   
   XPost: ott.general   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <3YpWu.43094$1s6.19154@fx31.iad>, {~_~}  <{~_~}@nyet.ca> wrote:   
   >  . . .  What with his big nose in a whole lot of foreign governments'   
   >affairs, and author of some very unpopular legislations and actions,   
   >he's obviously not  very safe without big time protection.   
   >   
   >It seems it's only rightwing governments that need to hide and protect   
   >themselves during their terms in office.   
   >Same thing happened in BC when the rightwing BC 'Liberals' took power.   
   >Their constituency offices were locked down during business hours - as   
   >were all the doors of the Legislative Buildings.  Those doors remain   
   >locked to the public to this day.   
   >   
   >Harper . . .  you're costing us taxpayers a whole lot of money, just by   
   >being you.   
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   >   
   >Ottawa Citizen March 17, 2014   
   >   
   >2013 Federal Budget   
   >   
   >Costs have doubled for Stephen Harper’s security team since he took office   
   >   
   >   
   >OTTAWA — The cost of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s RCMP personal   
   >security team has more than doubled since he took office, according to   
   >records obtained by the Ottawa Citizen.   
   >   
   >RCMP numbers, obtained by the Citizen under access to information   
   >legislation, show the annual operating budget of the Prime Minister   
   >Protection Detail (PMPD) has increased 122 per cent between 2006 and   
   >2014 — to almost $20 million annually.   
   >   
   >The PMPD is responsible for the security of the prime minister and his   
   >family in Canada and abroad, and protecting official residences,   
   >including 24 Sussex Drive. Armed RCMP officers, usually wearing suits   
   >and dark sunglasses, travel with the prime minister wherever he goes,   
   >including on foreign trips.   
   >   
   >When Harper became prime minister in 2006, the annual operating budget   
   >for the Prime Minister Protection Detail was approximately $8.8 million.   
   >   
   >During Harper’s eight years in office, the PMPD budget has soared to   
   >more than $19.6 million for the current 2013-14 fiscal year ending in a   
   >few weeks, according to RCMP figures. Some of the cost increases can be   
   >attributed to protecting Harper’s wife, Laureen, and their children, Ben   
   >and Rachel.   
   >   
   >Yet, spending on the prime minister’s security team has increased about   
   >25 per cent in the last year alone and 60 per cent the last two years,   
   >at the same time the government has cut billions of dollars in federal   
   >spending and laid off thousands of federal employees.   
   >   
   >The RCMP said Monday that security costs vary from one year to another   
   >depending on factors such as threat assessments, type and number of   
   >operational requirements, accommodations and fuel.  The operating budget   
   >covers salaries (including overtime), training, travel and other costs,   
   >RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Lucy Shorey said in an email.   
   >   
   >The Mounties wouldn’t provide details on how many officers are included   
   >on the security team.   
   >   
   >The cost and management of the prime minister’s security detail have   
   >generated significant controversy in recent years.   
   >   
   >Taxpayers forked out more than $1 million for the government to ship the   
   >prime minister’s armour-plated limousines to India for Harper’s official   
   >visit to the country in November 2012.   
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   >The RCMP used a Canadian Forces CC-177 Globemaster military transport   
   >aircraft to fly the vehicles to India.   
   >   
   >Harper and his government were on the defensive for days over why they   
   >didn’t simply use vehicles offered by the Indian government.   
   >   
   >The hefty cost was included in the security team’s annual operating budget.   
   >   
   >The official Opposition NDP argued that shipping the vehicles to India   
   >was an abuse of taxpayer dollars, but the Conservative government said   
   >an RCMP “threat assessment” determined there were no “appropriate   
   >vehicles” available in India.   
   >   
   >In another controversy, the former Mountie who headed Harper’s personal   
   >security for several years faced complaints that his tough leadership   
   >style had created an improper workplace, as he took steps to improve the   
   >unit’s performance and security standards.   
   >   
   >Former RCMP Supt. Bruno Saccomani — in charge of the prime minister’s   
   >security detail from 2009 to 2013 — faced accusations from some within   
   >his unit that he was a domineering boss who created a workplace   
   >environment in which some members of the team felt intimidated.   
   >   
   >However, Harper held Saccomani in high regard for how he strengthened   
   >the security detail in recent years into a more modern unit with   
   >better-trained RCMP officers, more funding and better protective equipment.   
   >   
   >Harper appointed Saccomani ambassador to Jordan last year.   
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   >   
   >Annual operating budget for the Prime Minister Protection Detail:   
   >   
   >2005-06: $8.8 million   
   >   
   >2006-07: $9.1 million   
   >   
   >2007-08: $9.8 million   
   >   
   >2008-09: $14.4 million   
   >   
   >2009-10: $11.8 million   
   >   
   >2010-11: $14.8 million   
   >   
   >2011-12: $12.2 million   
   >   
   >2012-13: $15.8 million   
   >   
   >2013-14: $19.6 million   
   >   
   >- Source: RCMP   
      
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