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Originally Posted by Makarov
The numbers:
Source: Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
That compares to $20 billion each year to National Defence, $28.5 billion for health transfers to the provinces, $29 billion for interest costs, 30.5 billion for old age security, and 26 billion for fiscal equalization and social transfer payments (obviously there is some overlap here in that some of this money is included in the $10 billion dollar figured cited above.) So, although spending directed to Aborignal people in Canada is certainly a significant government expense, I'm not sure I would characterize it as "one of the biggest". |
Maybe in terms of the specifics and size of the group versus money spent per person. Spending 7.8 billion on 1.1 million people is or 7090 per person benfitingversus lets say national defense at 666.00 per person benefiting is a significant difference.
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