Federal departments left more than $9.4-billion in spending approved by Parliament unused last year, almost four per cent of available funds, with roughly $2-billion unspent at both the Treasury Board and National Defence and more than $1-billion at Aboriginal Affairs. The Treasury Board Secretariat and agencies that fall within its ministry had $5.4-billion available, of which only $3.3-billion was spent, the public accounts for the 2014-15 fiscal year tabled last week show—letting almost 38 per cent of its
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