Feds still cover almost all COVID-19 spending

Compared to the beginning of this year, provincial governments have kicked in more money to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are sitting on less unspent federal money.

We tracked which level of government picked up the tab for any COVID-19 program announced in each government’s 2021 spring budget, and also analyzes how the provinces are spending their share of federal transfers. 

Read the study, Still Picking up the Tab: Federal and provincial government COVID-19 spending, which updates a similar January analysis.

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