Discussion · Oral Questions
Leslie Church Liberal
“We are being open about this project. We have spent 1.8 billion dollars out of our 4.8-billion-dollar budget. We finished modernizing old age security under budget, using only 633 million of the 674 million dollars set aside for it. The budget changes because updating a 60-year-old system is big and complicated.”
“Madam Speaker, we have been very open and clear about this project. I will be clear. On a total budget of $4.8 billion, $1.8 billion has been invested. In fact, the modernization of old age security was delivered under budget. Of the $674 million allocated for this phase, only $633 million was required, reflecting strong project oversight and effective cost management. As the project evolves, so does the budget, reflecting the scale and complexity of modernizing a 60‑year‑old, obsolete system. This has been transparently communicated—”
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Madam Speaker, we have been very open and clear about this project. I will be clear. On a total budget of $4.8 billion, $1.8 billion has been invested. In fact, the modernization of old age security was delivered under budget. Of the $674 million allocated for this phase, only $633 million was required, reflecting strong project oversight and effective cost management. As the project evolves, so does the budget, reflecting the scale and complexity of modernizing a 60‑year‑old, obsolete system. This has been transparently communicated—