Central votes ‘balloon’ under Liberals, a ‘misuse’ of the spending tool, says Conservative MP

MPs are right to question the ‘trend’ towards central votes that give government’s flexibility on spending, says PBO.

Conservative MP Kelly McCauley says the Treasury Board is using a central vote either 'as a slush fund or to cover other departments that cannot get their act together.'The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 27, 2020

Two years after the government did away with an unprecedented $7-billion fund put under the Treasury Board president’s purview rather than assigned and accountable to the relevant departments, the new minister is again defendin...

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