This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News
investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal
government handed out during the first eight months of the pandemic.
investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal
government handed out during the first eight months of the pandemic.
The
federal government has spent an average of $952 million a day fighting
the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CBC News analysis.
Figures
compiled from federal government websites, corporate financial reports,
the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer and through access to
information requests indicate that Ottawa made $240 billion in payments
and transfers to individuals, businesses, organizations and government
entities between the beginning of the lockdown on March 13 and Nov. 20.