Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

'By the time we're actually seeing money coming through, our own estimates of our projects are sometimes six months to a year old,' says Northwest Territories Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the government is moving to a permanent fall budget cycle, breaking from the tradition of spring budgets. Leaders from the North say the move could help with financing for big infrastructure projects.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

October 13, 2025

The federal government’s shift to a fall budget cycle could assist the territories in their bids to get large infrastructure projects built on time and on budget, northern politicians say.

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