Uncertainty over ‘sunsetting’ programs as Environment Canada’s spending slashed in half by 2028, pending fall budget update

The department's plan for 2025-26 says the massive cuts are due to programs that set to expire, and a significant reduction in the returns from the industrial carbon tax proceeds.

Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin did not respond to a request for comment on Environment and Climate Change Canada's departmental plan forecasting a 50 per cent spending cut by 2027-28.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY RIDDHI KACHHELA

July 18, 2025

Environment Canada’s three-year plan presents a $1.6-billion spending cut with the future of several programs under review, representing losses the NDP’s environment critic warns would be “catastrophic.”

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