Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the project budget is $56 billion to $60 billion. That is an estimate without taxes.

Government Operations committee   of people in committee. The initial cost was between $56 billion and $60 billion for the 15 ships. Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer mentioned that it would go up to $77 billion, but no one in the government can confirm this. Do you, at Irving, have a better idea of the total cost

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  , it levies a new tax on significant financial institutions, which have been one of the few sectors of growth in the Canadian economy in recent years. The budget increases government spending. It calls for more than $56 billion in new spending over the next six years. That comes on top

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  . There is $56 billion of new spending, much of it permanent spending that will bind future generations to these programs the government is creating. The bottom line is this: These Liberals have been pounding their desks saying, “Hey, we have to get this passed, quickly, quickly, quickly

Finance committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, just in terms of process, can you help me understand how many days we have set aside to review this piece of legislation, which involves $56 billion of new spending? Today we have, I believe, 56 officials arrayed before us. We have essentially

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his service and for his speech today. According to the Parliamentary Budget Office, for Canada to meet the 2% NATO target, we would have to spend from $54 billion to $56 billion annually on defence, doubling what we spend now. Could

Business of Supply   something else that my colleague from London—Fanshawe said. She spoke about what 2% means. The PBO has said meeting that 2% budget would mean $54 billion to $56 billion a year being spent on defence. It would be a doubling of our military spending, which would be over our current $24.29

Business of Supply  , reasonable and responsible way. We need to absolutely invest in terms of recruitment and retention. We need to ensure that the Armed Forces are moving ahead to provide the educational support, training and equipment. Again, 2% is arbitrary, and that would be up to $56 billion

Business of Supply  , hitting NATO's 2% target would mean spending $54 billion to $56 billion a year on defence. The PBO recently reported that the Department of Defence struggles with actually spending the current allocation of $24 billion, and it delays planned expenditures until later years. Former

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, according to the Parliamentary Budget officer, for Canada to meet that 2% of NATO spending that the Conservatives are calling for, we would have to spend an additional $54 billion to $56 billion annually on defence, which is approximately double what we spend now

Government Operations committee  Mr. Collins, I am wondering about a few things in the strategy. At this point, for the 15 Canadian surface combatant ships, which will cost from $56 billion to $60 billion, no delivery date has been determined. Add to that the price of the two Arctic and offshore patrol ships

Government Operations committee   be absolutely up in arms about this, but people are still talking about whether it's $60 billion or $56 billion or $77 billion, without understanding that it represents only 30% of the costs. I have explained this. There is no way, in my mind, that this will ever be done. Someone is going

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Crosby, the estimated cost of the 15 Canadian combat ships that have been ordered from Irving is $56 billion to $60 billion. The Parliamentary Budget Officer doesn't quite agree with that cost estimate. He has pegged its maximum at more than

Government Operations committee  ? That figure has been determined by the Parliamentary Budget Officer. National Defence itself says it is $56 billion to $60 billion. What figure do you have? Is it reasonable to pay that much?

Human Resources committee   over 4.4 million beneficiaries a total of $56 billion in EI benefits. Despite these record volumes, 88% of applicants have been paid within the four-week, or 28-day, service standard. Furthermore, the capacity of the EI call centre has nearly tripled, from approximately 1,100