Indigenous programs face more than $2 billion in budget cuts but are being spared the worst of Ottawa’s proposed government-wide spending reductions in Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister.

The Liberal minority government’s 2025 spending plan, tabled Tuesday afternoon in the House of Commons, would cut budgets by two per cent at both Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada — translating to a total cut of almost $2.3 billion by spring 2030.

That’s much less than initially suggested in July , when ISC warned internally of “difficult decisions” forthcoming, en route to a reduction of up to 15 per cent over three years.

Meanwhile in new money, Ottawa promises $2.3 billion over three years for safe water in First Nations, and $10.1 mil

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