Main estimates asks jump 3.8 per cent to reach $449.2-billion in budgetary spending

Comparing the 2023-24 and 2024-25 main estimates, The Hill Times identified 30 departments and agencies for which spending authorizations will change by $100-million or more.

Treasury Board President Anita Anand speaks with reporters on her way in to a Liberal caucus meeting in the West Block on Feb. 28, the day before she tabled the main estimates for 2024-25.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 11, 2024

Despite the federal government’s plans to reduce spending by more than $14-billion by 2027-28, the most recent main estimates lay out money asks that are up almost 3.8 per cent from last year’s mains.

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