Ministers also expected to take scissors to office budgets in spending review

The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says former chief of staff David McLaughlin.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's 28-minister cabinet will also be facing budget cuts as part of the government's fiscal review, which calls for departments to cut spending by 15 per cent over three years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MARLO GLASS

September 1, 2025

The offices of Liberal cabinet ministers aren’t immune from the Carney government’s sweeping spending review, and will also have reduced budgets of 15 per cent over the next three years.

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