State funeral for late NDP leader Jack Layton cost $368,326

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Last year’s state funeral for Jack Layton came with a sizable price tag, newly released figures show.

The late NDP leader’s final farewell last summer cost taxpayers $368,326 — more than the total bill for the recent state funerals of two former governors-general.

The Department of Canadian Heritage released the full cost of the funeral to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — one week after Canadians gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of Mr. Layton’s death.


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State funeral for late NDP leader Jack Layton cost $368,326 - The Globe and Mail
 

Walter

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Think of all the money we've saved since he left. Well worth the price. And he'll not be collecting a pension, that saves over $150,000.00 per year.
 

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Think of all the money we've saved since he left. Well worth the price. And he'll not be collecting a pension, that saves over $150,000.00 per year.

His wife may get some of it. My grandmothers still get part of my grandfather's pensions and they've been dead 20-30 years each.

As for the total pice tag, its cheaper than I thought it'd be. I'm not complaining. It was cheaper than a visit from the Queen or Obama.
 

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Last year’s state funeral for Jack Layton came with a sizable price tag, newly released figures show.

The late NDP leader’s final farewell last summer cost taxpayers $368,326 — more than the total bill for the recent state funerals of two former governors-general.

The Department of Canadian Heritage released the full cost of the funeral to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — one week after Canadians gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of Mr. Layton’s death.


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State funeral for late NDP leader Jack Layton cost $368,326 - The Globe and Mail
Waste of money.

As for the total pice tag, its cheaper than I thought it'd be. I'm not complaining. It was cheaper than a visit from the Queen or Obama.
Even bigger waste of money.
 

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Last year’s state funeral for Jack Layton came with a sizable price tag, newly released figures show.

The late NDP leader’s final farewell last summer cost taxpayers $368,326 — more than the total bill for the recent state funerals of two former governors-general.

The Department of Canadian Heritage released the full cost of the funeral to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act — one week after Canadians gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of Mr. Layton’s death.


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State funeral for late NDP leader Jack Layton cost $368,326 - The Globe and Mail

Worth every cent to give Jackie a great send-off. IMHO.
 

TenPenny

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Some would say it was worth every penny.

Seriously, though, what's your point?

He was an elected government official. You must have a pretty big sense of inferiority if you can't agree that it was the honourable thing for our nation to do.
 

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There needs to be more investigative work here! Again, no transparency from the NDP.. I find it just a taaad to coincidental that what the Union had to repay to the Unions in the last round of NDP funding scams (340,000) is almost EXACTLY the same amount as the cost of his funeral !!(With PST added!).

Even from the Grave, the NDP has thier hand in my back-pocket.....
 

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There needs to be more investigative work here! Again, no transparency from the NDP.. I find it just a taaad to coincidental that what the Union had to repay to the Unions in the last round of NDP funding scams (340,000) is almost EXACTLY the same amount as the cost of his funeral !!(With PST added!).

Even from the Grave, the NDP has thier hand in my back-pocket.....

Well we got the liberal bank robbers of Jean Cretin Chretien and Paul Martin,who stole a sh*tload more than that.