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Western Standard News Update | PBO warns bureaucracy costs rising $10 to $79B | 17 Jun 2026

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In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a new Parliamentary Budget Officer report warning federal bureaucracy costs are set to rise by $10 billion to $79 billion, despite Mark Carney’s pledge to spend less. Naylor also looks at a new Angus Reid poll showing the BC Conservatives leading the NDP by 11 points, the Governor General cutting her clothing allowance after backlash over past spending, the Titan submersible operating without regulatory oversight, and two Edmonton junior high students charged over AI-generated sexual images of classmates.

In this Western Standard News Update, Chief Editor Dave Naylor covers a new Parliamentary Budget Officer report warning federal bureaucracy costs are set to rise by $10 billion to $79 billion, despite Mark Carney’s pledge to spend less. Naylor also looks at a new Angus Reid poll showing the BC Conservatives leading the NDP by 11 points, the Governor General cutting her clothing allowance after backlash over past spending, the Titan submersible operating without regulatory oversight, and two Edmonton junior high students charged over AI-generated sexual images of classmates.

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