Federal spending up two per cent, hits $276.6-billion in main estimates for 2018-19

The new Department of Indigenous Services has been allocated $9.3-billion, with $6.2-billion coming from the old Indigenous Affairs Department, and $3.1-billion from Health Canada.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison tabled the 2018-19 main estimates on April 16. Among the roughly $276.6-billion in federal spending set out in the document is $507-million for the House of Commons, up 6.5 per cent from the 2017-18 main estimates.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 23, 2018

Federal spending is up by roughly two per cent this fiscal year, reaching an estimated $276.6-billion for 2018-19, with funding for the House of Commons and the Senate up by 6.5 per cent and five per cent, respectively, as set out in this year’s main estimates. The 2018-19 main estimates were tab...

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