Liberals embark on spending-cycle shakeup with this year’s early budget

The feds have until April 16, later than the usual March 1 deadline, to table the main estimates and ensure they’re better aligned with proposed budget spending. Committees will have until June 10, rather than May 31, to scrutinize the spending.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison spearheaded changes to Parliament’s supply process in an effort to have measures from the federal budget included in the main estimates, which will be tabled April 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

February 28, 2018

The Liberals' third budget, tabled this week, came a month earlier than their previous two financial plans to give Treasury Board President Scott Brison “a win” in his push to realign the federal spending cycle, says an opposition MP. This is the first fiscal year in which the government is te...

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