Federal program spending is expected to grow by $132.7 billion—or 41 per cent—between 2014/15 and 2023/24.
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The budget dumps billions into the government’s bottomless climate policy money pit.
In just two fiscal years, Indigenous spending increased by $4 billion.
When spending is financed by large deficits, it can fuel inflation or impede economic growth.
The government says it’s spent more than $120 billion on climate change since 2015.
The ban on single-use plastic products will force Canadians to pay higher prices for lower quality alternatives.
Since 2015, the federal government has run eight consecutive deficits.
Overpayment recipients included 1,522 prisoners, 391 dead people and 434 children too young to be eligible.
The auditor general found that $4.6 billion in payments for programs such as CERB were made to individuals who were ineligible.