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An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027
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Parliament has already provided legislative authority for most of the planned spending ($272.4 billion) for the 2026-27 fiscal year through other pieces of legislation.","fr":"Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses est mis en \u0153uvre par l\u2019adoption d\u2019un projet de loi de cr\u00e9dits pour l\u2019exercice 2026-2027, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard duquel le Parlement doit approuver des fonds de 230,4 milliards de dollars. Le Parlement a d\u00e9j\u00e0 accord\u00e9 son autorisation pour la plupart des d\u00e9penses pr\u00e9vues (272,4 milliards de dollars) pour l\u2019exercice 2026-2027 par le biais d\u2019autres textes l\u00e9gislatifs."}},{"content":{"en":"The Canada Health Transfer is set to increase by $2.7 billion (5 per cent) to $57.4 billion in 2026-27.","fr":"Le Transfert canadien en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 augmentera de 2,7 milliards de dollars (5 %) pour atteindre 57,4 milliards de dollars en 2026-2027."}},{"content":{"en":"Federal spending on Elderly Benefits is set to increase by $5.7 billion (6.9 per cent) to a total of $88.8 billion in 2026-27. However, after the tabling of the Main Estimates, the government released its Spring Economic Update 2026, which now forecasts Elderly Benefits to cost 89.3 billion for 2026-27 (an increase of $6.2 billion or 7.5 per cent).","fr":"Les d\u00e9penses f\u00e9d\u00e9rales en prestations aux a\u00een\u00e9s devraient augmenter de 5,7 milliards de dollars (6,9 %) pour atteindre un total de 88,8 milliards de dollars en 2026-2027. Toutefois, apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9p\u00f4t du budget principal des d\u00e9penses, le gouvernement a publi\u00e9 sa Mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique du printemps de 2026, qui pr\u00e9voit d\u00e9sormais que les prestations aux a\u00een\u00e9s co\u00fbteront 89,3 milliards de dollars pour 2026-2027 (soit une augmentation de 6,2 milliards de dollars, ou 7,5 %)."}},{"content":{"en":"The 2026-27 Main Estimates outline $53.7 billion in forecasted statutory authorities related to servicing public debt, which represents a $4.7 billion increase (9.5 per cent) from the 2025-26 Estimates to date for the preceding year.","fr":"Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses 2026-2027 pr\u00e9sente des autorisations l\u00e9gislatives pr\u00e9vues de 53,7 milliards de dollars pour le service de la dette publique. Cela repr\u00e9sente une augmentation de 4,7 milliards de dollars (9,5 %) par rapport au budget des d\u00e9penses \u00e0 ce jour de 2025-2026 pour l\u2019ann\u00e9e pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente."}},{"content":{"en":"These Main Estimates include $14.7 billion in funding for Budget 2025 measures.","fr":"Ce budget principal des d\u00e9penses comprend une somme de 14,7 milliards de dollars pour le financement de mesures du Budget 2025."}},{"content":{"en":"Initiatives related to Rebuilding, Rearming, and Reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces represent 71.1 per cent of Budget 2025 proposed spending in these Estimates, including $9 billion to the Department of National Defence (DND) and $675.3 million to the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CES).","fr":"Les initiatives li\u00e9es \u00e0 R\u00e9investir pour reb\u00e2tir et r\u00e9armer les Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes repr\u00e9sentent 71,1 % des d\u00e9penses du Budget 2025 comprises dans le pr\u00e9sent Budget des d\u00e9penses, 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