Government’s $3-billion ‘special fund’ not used for stimulus purposes: opposition MPs

Treasury Board President Toews says money goes to budgetary matters.

The government says it fast-tracked the special $3-billion fund through Parliament to get the money to stimulus-related projects into the Canadian economy as quickly as possible, but many items being funded are going to non-stimulus-related activities and opposition critics say the government is ...

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