Federal Indigenous Spending Quadrupled to $40.8B Under Trudeau, with ‘Negligible’ Improvement to Communities

GOLDSTEIN: Wasteful and ineffective, federal spending on Indigenous issues is out of control

New report by the Fraser Institute estimates that from 2015 to early 2025, inflation-adjusted spending on Indigenous issues exploded.

Federal Indigenous spending quadrupled to $40.8B under Trudeau, with ‘negligible’ improvement to communities

In the decade leading up to 2024/25, inflation-adjusted federal Indigenous spending jumped from $10.3 billion to $40.8 billion, growing seven times faster than overall federal spending, according to a new study published by the Fraser Institute . The independent think tank found that inflation-adjusted federal Indigenous spending increased by an average of 4.3 per cent […]

Fraser Institute - Federal Indigenous spending reached $40.8 billion in 2024/25 (inflation-adjusted), increasing 7X faster than overall federal spending since 2014/15

From 2014/15 to 2024/25, inflation-adjusted federal Indigenous spending jumped from $10.3 billion to $40.8 billion (not including substantial spending on lawsuits and court settlement payouts), which . . .