Canada's monarchy costs $1.54 per Canadian per year

[Boo Radley]

TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2005 /CNW/

"The annual cost of the Canadian Crown to each resident is roughly the same as that of a chocolate bar. The $1.54 per Canadian per annum figure is revealed in the Monarchist League of Canada's triennial survey which totals the expenses of official Royal Homecomings, the Governor General and Lieutenant Governors' offices and the historic houses in which the vice-regal officeholders live and work."

Would you rather spend $1.54 on a Chocolate Bar or Queen?

[Canadian Mark]

I would have to vote for the Queen on this one. She's worth a chocolate bar - heck- I'd even toss in a snack-pack of Timbits in on top of that. I think having a monarch is one of the last subtle romances that keeps Canada that much different from other countries.

[nolookingca]

I would have to vote for the Queen on this one. She's worth a chocolate bar - heck- I'd even toss in a snack-pack of Timbits in on top of that. I think having a monarch is one of the last subtle romances that keeps Canada that much different from other countries.

Although I wonder how much it costs to keep the Gov.-General... That house DOES look expensive...

[Canadian Mark]

Ha! Good point. There doesn't seem to be anything romantic about the G.G. I'll bet the appointment is costing each citizen a little more than a chocolate bar per year, too.

[Julie Andrews]

[pwwbear]

Got to be more than that....