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‘Absolutely the wrong direction’: feds respond to calls for more money for foreign ministry with budget cuts

Global Affairs Canada will be subject to three fiscal years of mounting cuts of $118-million in 2024-25, $179-million in 2025-26, and $243-million in 2026-27, according to the latest main estimates.

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BY NEIL MOSS
March 13, 2024

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‘Absolutely the wrong direction’: feds respond to calls for more money for foreign ministry with budget cuts

Global Affairs Canada will be subject to three fiscal years of mounting cuts of $118-million in 2024-25, $179-million in 2025-26, and $243-million in 2026-27, according to the latest main estimates.

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