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Cost of Federal IT Project Explodes to up to $6.6 Billion

Cost of Federal IT Project Explodes to up to $6.6 Billion

Last updated: March 19, 2026 6:48 pm
By The Canadian Press
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Cost of Federal IT Project Explodes to up to $6.6 Billion

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3/19/2026|Updated: 3/19/2026

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The federal government says it could end up spending up to $6.6 billion to update the systems it uses to deliver benefits to Canadians—more than three times what was budgeted at the project’s launch.

The initiative involves migrating Old Age Security, the Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance benefit programs to a cloud-based platform.

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