Feds have spent less than half of controversial $7-billion budget fund, critics question lost oversight given ‘unchanged’ spending pace

Treasury Board President Scott Brison says the government is ‘on track,’ but NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says it shows the Liberals don’t have ‘their act together.’

Treasury Board President Scott Brison told a House committee Nov. 1 that the government is offering 'unprecedented' transparency on budget spending, defending criticism that the $7-billion vote was unnecessary.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

November 14, 2018

The Liberals have allocated less than half of the budget spending from a controversial $7-billion fund that outraged opposition MPs, who argued it fundamentally undermined how Parliament scrutinizes government spending. They say the pace of the roll-out shows the revamped system didn’t justify t...

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