Ottawa has spent $240B fighting COVID-19 in just 8 months. A CBC investigation follows the money | CBC News: 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.

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.

Ottawa has spent $240B fighting COVID-19 in just 8 months. A CBC investigation follows the money | CBC News: 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. 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.Read More