Parliamentary Protective Service requests another $6.1-million in annual funding in 2017-18, wants $68.2-million total

PPS officials presented the funding ask for the 2017-18 main estimates early at a meeting last week to discuss the last supplementary estimates of 2016-17.

House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan, right, speaks with acting director of the parliamentary protective service Mike O’Beirne at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee meeting on March 7. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 8, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—With one new and two refurbished Parliament Hill buildings set to open up next year and higher visitor traffic expected for Canada's 150th celebrations along with continuing efforts to enhance Hill security, the Parliamentary Protective Service wants a $6.1-million increase ...

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