Federal spending reaches $304.6-billion, up 12 per cent since pre-reform main estimates

After a two-year pilot that brought the budget first, this year’s main estimates won’t include billions in budget spending.

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured after a February cabinet meeting, tabled the 2020-21 main estimates on Feb. 27 with a spending plan of $304.6-billion.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

March 4, 2020

Federal spending is up 11.8 per cent in this year’s main estimates compared to the last similar financial cycle three years ago, a trend that’s in line with the Liberal approach to defic...

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