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More than $41.4-billion in spending goes without Commons committee review

An additional $17.1-billion of supplementary spending estimates was concurred in by the House on June 17 without committee review, as committees stagnate with filibusters.

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‘The system is broken’: $30.7-billion in spending estimates not reviewed by House committees

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Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion

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The House Foreign Affairs Committee also didn't finish its review of $8.5-billion of planned spending.

Ten parliamentary committees forgo scrutiny of $25-billion in spending estimates

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The House Foreign Affairs Committee also didn't finish its review of $8.5-billion of planned spending.

Former Treasury Board president Scott Brison’s estimates reforms were ‘top-down,’ and MPs need ‘bottom-up’ approach for better spending scrutiny: ex-PBO Kevin Page

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MPs are supposed to scrutinize more than $400-billion in government spending this year, but often they don't have a clue what they're doing. Experts say the spending estimates cycle needs to change so MPs can get a better handle on public funds.

Former Treasury Board president Scott Brison’s estimates reforms were ‘top-down,’ and MPs need ‘bottom-up’ approach for better spending scrutiny: ex-PBO Kevin Page

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MPs are supposed to scrutinize more than $400-billion in government spending this year, but often they don't have a clue what they're doing. Experts say the spending estimates cycle needs to change so MPs can get a better handle on public funds.

It’s difficult to ‘follow the money’: former MPs, bureaucrats, and PBOs say budget and estimates process makes it tough for Parliament to hold government spending to account

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

As the government prepares to table its budget in April, individual MPs and Senators have ‘very little influence’ on spending, says Parliamentary Budget Office Yves Giroux.

It’s difficult to ‘follow the money’: former MPs, bureaucrats, and PBOs say budget and estimates process makes it tough for Parliament to hold government spending to account

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

As the government prepares to table its budget in April, individual MPs and Senators have ‘very little influence’ on spending, says Parliamentary Budget Office Yves Giroux.

‘The system is broken’: $30.7-billion in spending estimates not reviewed by House committees

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The House Committee on Industry and Technology didn't review $12.5-billion in spending estimates and hasn't performed a review of main estimates since the last Parliament.

‘The system is broken’: $30.7-billion in spending estimates not reviewed by House committees

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The House Committee on Industry and Technology didn't review $12.5-billion in spending estimates and hasn't performed a review of main estimates since the last Parliament.

Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion

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One-third of Supplementary Estimates (B) spending is tied to Budget 2022 items, with another third tied to Indigenous reconciliation, and the rest to new spending, according to a Parliamentary Budget Officer analysis.

Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion

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One-third of Supplementary Estimates (B) spending is tied to Budget 2022 items, with another third tied to Indigenous reconciliation, and the rest to new spending, according to a Parliamentary Budget Officer analysis.