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Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

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.

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
June 6, 2023

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

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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

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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.

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The fall economic statement, tabled in the House of Commons on Nov. 21, included no mention of the agreement between the Liberals and NDP to act on pharmacare by the end of 2023, which could lead to much larger spending plans.

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

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.

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