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Feds seek parliamentary approval for $13.2-billion in spending to round out fiscal year

Opposition MPs press Treasury Board President Mona Fortier about spending on rapid tests, international climate finance mechanisms, and outsourcing contracts.

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Feds look for $13.2-billion boost to budgetary spending to wrap up 2023-24

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PBO analysis finds government slow to implement budget even as overall spending rises

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Federal spending dropped four per cent in 2022-23 as public debt charges continue climb

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Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

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Full-time employee numbers in federal public service set to shrink by just over three per cent by 2025-26, according to departmental plans

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Feds look for $13.2-billion boost to budgetary spending to wrap up 2023-24

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Roughly $8.9-billion of the additional spending authorities being sought through the most recent supplementary estimates for 2023-24 will be voted on by Parliament.

Feds look for $13.2-billion boost to budgetary spending to wrap up 2023-24

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Roughly $8.9-billion of the additional spending authorities being sought through the most recent supplementary estimates for 2023-24 will be voted on by Parliament.

PBO analysis finds government slow to implement budget even as overall spending rises

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Budgetary Officer Yves Giroux said the latest Supplementary Estimates revealed the government has only sought approval for about 60 per cent of the proposed spending from Budget 2023 so far this year.

PBO analysis finds government slow to implement budget even as overall spending rises

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Budgetary Officer Yves Giroux said the latest Supplementary Estimates revealed the government has only sought approval for about 60 per cent of the proposed spending from Budget 2023 so far this year.

Federal spending dropped four per cent in 2022-23 as public debt charges continue climb

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Finance Canada was the highest-spending department for the second year in a row at $117.8-billion, and ministerial office expenditures rose by $18.2-million in 2022-23.

Federal spending dropped four per cent in 2022-23 as public debt charges continue climb

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Finance Canada was the highest-spending department for the second year in a row at $117.8-billion, and ministerial office expenditures rose by $18.2-million in 2022-23.

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.

Full-time employee numbers in federal public service set to shrink by just over three per cent by 2025-26, according to departmental plans

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

ESDC and Statistics Canada are projected to see drops of more than 22 per cent each by 2025-26, with the CRA looking at losses as well, according to departmental plans. But full-time employee staffing is projected to increase at Immigration, ISED, and Natural Resources.

Full-time employee numbers in federal public service set to shrink by just over three per cent by 2025-26, according to departmental plans

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

ESDC and Statistics Canada are projected to see drops of more than 22 per cent each by 2025-26, with the CRA looking at losses as well, according to departmental plans. But full-time employee staffing is projected to increase at Immigration, ISED, and Natural Resources.

Feds seek parliamentary approval for $13.2-billion in spending to round out fiscal year

Opposition MPs press Treasury Board President Mona Fortier about spending on rapid tests, international climate finance mechanisms, and outsourcing contracts.

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