PBO analysis finds government slow to implement budget even as overall spending rises

Parliamentary Budgetary Officer Yves Giroux said the latest Supplementary Estimates revealed the government has only sought approval for about 60 per cent of the proposed spending from Budget 2023 so far this year.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand tabled the federal government's Supplementary Estimates B in Parliament on Nov. 9.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

November 17, 2023

The government has been slow to implement Budget 2023, says Parliamentary Budgetary Officer Yves Giroux, having only sought Parliament's approval for 60 per cent of its proposed spending to date.

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