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Originally Posted by Dado
I doubt that very much. If you go through the Monarchist League's accounting of the costs of monarchy, you quickly discover that pretty much all the same costs would exist with republican equivalents, if not more so depending on their nature (i.e. elected officials will tend to cost more than unelected ones).
http://monarchist.ca/en/cost-of-the-crown
Cost is frankly a red herring. |
No its not - there is no reason to assume that an equivalent is required.
A lean version of a GG that does not travel abroad would greatly reduce personnel, rcmp and dnd costs. Moreover, the link you provided lists 16 million in Program expenditures without giving any indication as to what that is and how it is broken down. Pretty half assed when that represents 85% of the GG budget - I have a hard time believing there is no waste in that.
Without having any effect on services for Canadians, the GG could easily absorb a 20% reduction in operating budget. Moreover, things like the Citadelle should be transfered into a different budget group like Heritage Canada as it clouds the true cost of the GG.