One way Prime Minister Mark Carney might deliver on his promised spending cuts is by allowing hundreds of programs to expire over the next three years, a new report predicts ahead of the release of the Nov. 4 federal budget.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a report on Oct. 28 predicting the prime minister could follow through on his pledge to make cuts to government spending by allowing programs to “sunset,” or expire, by not renewing their funding.
The CCPA looked at programs in departments with decreasing expenditures over the next three years, as set out in the 2025–26 Departmental Plans published earlier this year. Programs with decreasing expenditures are usually renewed from budget to budget. However, if a department chooses not to renew a program’s funding, the program will expire….