Federal spending up 6.2 per cent so far this year, with another $9.7-billion requested, by LRyck cdnpoli (unlocked)
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, pictured during a January 2021 press conference on pre-budget consultations that year, tabled the 2022-23 Supplementary Estimates A in the House of Commons on May 20.The story link will be added automatically.Laying out a total of $9.
The stark drop in spending requested through the supplementary estimates so far this year reflects the fact that the spike seen over the last two years had much to do with responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an emailed response to, the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer calculated that COVID-spending “accounted for around 90 [per cent] of spending in supplementary spending” for 2020-21, with all $159.
Other budget-related items include $75-million for the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs toward closing the northern housing and infrastructure gap, $900,000 for Employment and Social Development Canada related to rent price protection, and $322.5-million for the Department of Transport’s Incentive for Zero-Emission Vehicle Program, which the budget proposed extending until March 2025 and expanding to include more vehicle models like vans, trucks, and SUVs.
As flagged by the PBO, the supplementary estimates include an extra $1.7-billion in spending related to COVID-19, bringing total pandemic-related spending to date for 2022-23 to roughly $11.3-billion. The PBO also flagged $823.6-million in funding for the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness’ Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements contribution program for provinces and territories, which was announced in the 2021 federal budget and is “one of the single largest proposed items” in the 2022-23 Supplementary Estimates A. “This funding will be used to address costs for disaster events which occurred over the last decade,” reads the estimates document.
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