The PBO noted $12 billion in lapsed defence spending between 2017-18 and 2022-23. Which factors would you say most contributed to those lapses in defence spending, and what risk would that pose as our defence budget necessarily increases?
October 22nd, 2025 / 5:15 p.m.
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Michael Guglielmin Conservative Vaughan—Woodbridge, ON
The PBO noted $12 billion in lapsed defence spending between 2017-18 and 2022-23. Which factors would you say most contributed to those lapses in defence spending, and what risk would that pose as our defence budget necessarily increases?
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