Tag: Government Spending
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Budget 2025: How Each Federal Department Plans to Trim Spending
Overview: What Budget 2025 Aims to Achieve Canada’s Budget 2025 lays out a path for tighter government spending after an extensive expenditure review this summer. The aim, according to finance officials, is to secure ambitious savings—targeting up to 15 percent reductions over three years—in order to keep the federal balance on track while continuing to…
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Public Service Brace for Billions in Spending Cuts Ahead of Tuesday’s Budget
Overview: A Budget on the Brink Public service employees across the country are bracing for Tuesday’s federal budget, amid explicit signals from Prime Minister Mark Carney that austerity and sacrifice will translate into hard numbers. As the government weighs billions in spending reductions, unions and civil service groups are preparing for layoffs, hiring freezes, and…
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Federal Inmate Hospital Cost Jump to $1.3B in New Brunswick
Surging Costs for a Federal Inmate Hospital The project to build a new hospital for inmates in federal facilities has taken a dramatic turn. An initial estimate of about $400 million, released in 2021, has now been revised to roughly $1.3 billion. The expansion in projected cost — more than three times the original figure…
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Tax Fairness: Reeves Says Those With Broad Shoulders Pay More
Reeves signals a broader tax take from the wealthiest British chancellor Rachel Reeves used a high-profile appearance in Washington to outline a core principle guiding an autumn budget shaped by rising inflation and uncertain forecasts: those with the broadest shoulders should pay their fair share. As she prepares to present a package of tax rises…
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Official Flight Expenses of Nicolae Ciucă and Marcel Ciolacu Unveiled
Overview of Government Flight Expenses In a significant move towards transparency, the Romanian government has declassified the expenses incurred for official flights taken by Prime Ministers Nicolae Ciucă and Marcel Ciolacu. The disclosure reveals that between December 2021 and February 2025, TAROM, the national airline, collected nearly 4 million lei for a total of 11…