Cost to taxpayers of protecting members of Parliament hits a record high
The cost of keeping Canada's members of Parliament safe has hit a record high, CBC News has learned. Experts say higher costs and increased threats are likely the new normal.
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![An RCMP officer, right, watches as a protester, centre, shouts as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, campaigns with Richard T. Lee, the Liberal candidate in the Burnaby South byelection, in Burnaby, B.C., on Sunday February 10, 2019. Federal byelections will be held on Feb. 25 in three vacant ridings - Burnaby South, where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons, the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe and Montreal's Outremont. A woman with a close-cropped haircut shouts in a crowd.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7092627.1706046515!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/trudeau-bc-20190210.jpg)
The cost of keeping Canada's members of Parliament safe has hit a record high, CBC News has learned. Experts say higher costs and increased threats are likely the new normal.