Cabinet spending tops $92-million in 2024-25, up 3.7 per cent

Unsurprisingly, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s office was the highest spender, with a total of $13.1-million in expenses reported.

Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, centre, speaks with reporters in the West Block on March 4 alongside ministers Mélanie Joly, left, Dominic LeBlanc, and David McGuinty, right. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

November 26, 2025

Cabinet spending totalled almost $92.3-million in 2024-25, a roughly 3.7-per-cent increase from last year, and a 36.3-per-cent jump from the five-year, COVID-era low of $67.7-million spent to support ministers’ office in 2021-22, as detailed in the most recent Public Accou...

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