King’s throne speech visit cost nearly $900,000, documents show

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Global News has learned that the cost to the Canadian treasury to have King Charles III read the speech from the throne in Canada’s Senate a year ago, to open the 45th Parliament, came close to $900,000. For Carney, the presence of King Charles III in the Senate reading the speech from the throne — just the third time in Canada’s history a monarch has done that — was an important, symbolic and yet respectful riposte to U.S. President Donald Trump’s then near-constant disrespect of Canada’s sovereignty. David Akin as more on the internal government documents provided to Global News by access-to-information researcher Ken Rubin. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/11861748/cost-of-bringing-a-king-to-read-a-throne-speech-likely-close-to-900000/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews

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