Defence Expected to Find Operational Savings Even as Budget Balloons: Ottawa

Defence Expected to Find Operational Savings Even as Budget Balloons: Ottawa
The facade of the headquarters of the Department of National Defence is pictured in Ottawa in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa is expecting national defence to find places to cut its day-to-day spending even as the department’s overall budget balloons in the coming years.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers on Monday asking them to find savings of 7.5 percent in their budgets starting in fiscal 2026.