Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion

One-third of Supplementary Estimates (B) spending is tied to Budget 2022 items, with another third tied to Indigenous reconciliation, and the rest to new spending, according to a Parliamentary Budget Officer analysis.

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier tabled the second supplementary estimates for 2022-23 on Nov. 17, laying out plans to add $25.8-billion in new spending, bringing the total so far this year to $433-billion.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

November 29, 2022

Funding for Indigenous legal claims, British Columbia disaster relief, and Canada’s COVID-19 measures are among the big-ticket items in a $25.8-billion request for new federal spending that's currently before Parliamentarians.

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