Departmental changes in the government spending plan: Comparing the numbers

Following up on yesterday's tabling of the 2011-2012 Main estimates, this chart tracks the changes in planned spending by department, ranked by the percentage change in spending by the department. The comparison here is from the 2010-2011 Main Estimates to those tabled yesterday.

Department Change (000)$ %
Treasury Board 924,426 18.2%
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness 797,352 10.1%
Foreign Affairs and International Trade 351,889 5.9%
Justice 70,447 4.8%
Veterans Affairs 120,626 3.5%
National Defence 190,691 0.9%
Indian Affairs and Northern Development 47,248 0.6%
Governor General 109 0.6%
Parliament 2,764 0.5%
Human Resources and Skills Development (95,124) -0.2%
Citizenship and Immigration (5,786) -0.4%
Privy Council (1,761) -0.5%
Canadian Heritage (54,007) -1.7%
Health (129,847) -2.5%
Finance (2,866,480) -3.2%
Canada Revenue Agency (183,384) -4.1%
Fisheries and Oceans (145,052) -7.4%
Agriculture (314,914) -8.6%
Public Works and Government Services (261,580) -9.2%
Environment (335,318) -17.3%
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (82,239) -17.7%
Natural Resources (934,857) -19.7%
Industry (1,321,103) -20.5%
Transport (3,235,141) -28.9%
Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (132,613) -30.9%
Western Economic Diversification (233,428) -54.4%

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