OTTAWA -- There’ll be no need for fancy fake lakes at the next G7 summit that Canada hosts in picturesque Charlevoix, Quebec, because this year’s global gathering will be nestled in rolling hills that border the mighty St-Lawrence River.

But the annual shindig for leaders of the top seven Western economies will still cost a pretty penny.

Canadians will pay nearly $600 million for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to host the G7 summit in June and hold related meetings — money that will be spread over budgets this year and next, and will be spread across a range of departments.

Government officials say the cost actually will cover not just a two-day summit, but also several other meetings Canada will host throughout the year of key G7 ministers responsible for their nations’ foreign affairs, security, environment and energy, and finances, along with central bank governors.

Overall, the biggest chunk of change will be spent by the RCMP, with nearly $300 million budgeted for the national police force’s role — and overtime — in keeping the world leaders secure.

The next biggest spending is by Canada’s foreign affairs department, with $100 million of Global Affairs Canada’s budget dedicated to pulling off the G7 presidency and shepherding Trudeau’s turn to play host.

The public safety department is a close second with planned G7 spending of $99 million.

Beyond that, the budget unveiled Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau projected other departments spending lesser amounts: National Defence ($35 million); Public Works and Procurement ($34 million); Shared Services Canada ($34 million); Canada Border Services Agency ($1 million); the Canadian Security Intelligence Service ($1 million); the finance department ($2 million); Health Canada ($8 million); Public Health Agency of Canada ($2 million); and Transport Canada ($2 million).

And the budget has set aside another $25 million, as yet unallocated, for other G7 needs.

While the world leaders will meet in Charlevoix, the world’s media will be mostly located far away, in media filing centres in Quebec City.

The last time Canada hosted the global gathering, then-prime minister Stephen Harper held two summits simultaneously: the G8 (which then included Russia, pre-annexation of Crimea) and the G20 in Toronto. It was marred however by violent anti-globalization protests and excessive police security which led to the kettling of more than 1,000 citizens and by a spending scandal that erupted over the Conservatives’ diversion of border security funds to pay for all kinds of goodies in Tony Clement’s Muskoka riding — and the likes of fake lakes and gazebos.

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