Federal spending hits $300-billion, with 2019-20 main estimates up 8.6 per cent

On top of $301.8-billion in planned spending in the 2019-10 main estimates—combining $299.6-billion in budgetary spending and $2.2-billion in non-budgetary expenses—is another $51.2-billion in statutory expenses.

The 2019 federal budget, pictured here in the hands of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sets out $355.6-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 22, 2019

Federal spending is up almost 8.6 per cent in this year’s 2019-20 main estimates over last, reaching just under $300-billion, with spending up 4.7 per cent for the Senate and down 0.7 per cent for the House of Commons. Total budgetary spending laid out in the

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