Security agencies fail to spend millions from budgets

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RCMP Sergeant Greg Cox noted Parliament approves spending in three categories – capital, operations and grants and contributions – and these budgets are not interchangeable. He said the RCMP underspent its budget in part because some capital projects were delayed or deferred.

A CSIS spokesperson said its unspent funds were within the amount that can be carried forward into the next year.

The practice of allowing approved spending to go unspent – or “lapse” as it is called in government documents – has raised concern in recent years because of the large amounts involved. Government-wide, departments lapsed $7.3-billion in 2013-14 and $10.1-billion the previous year.


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