Government to ask MPs to approve $142-billion, to start with, to cover costs in 2021-22

That's only part of the picture, as much government spending has already been approved, and billions more—including new promises in this year's budget—will be reflected in supplementary estimates.

Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is responsible for the government's main estimates, which were tabled in Parliament by Seniors Minister Deb Schulte on Feb. 25.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT, PETER MAZEREEUW

March 15, 2021

The government will ask MPs to approve $142-billion in spending to keep it running through the 2021-22 fiscal year. Senior Ministers Deb Schulte (King-Vaughan, Ont.) tabled the main estimates in the House of Commons on Feb. 25. Th...

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