Promoting Francophone culture

$387M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The cost line

… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.

What the budget says

“To advance Canada's Francophonie leadership objectives, as well as support the logistics and security required to host the 2028 Francophonie Summit, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $393.2 million over three years, starting in 2027-28, on a cash basis, to 10 departments and agencies.”

Budget 2026, p. 232 (PDF p. 248)

Amounts named in the text

Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.

• $393.2 million over three years, starting in 2027-28

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