Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier tabled the first supplementary estimates for 2023-24 in the House on May 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 6, 2023

The federal government is looking for Parliament’s approval for another $20.5-billion in spending through this year’s first set of supplementary estimates, including $4.4-billion to fulfill 15 measures announced in the 2023 budget, as noted by the Parliamentary Budget Of...

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