Anand in letter to cabinet ministers asks to cut $15b from spending plans

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OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand is tasking federal cabinet ministers with finding $15.4 billion in government spending cuts by a deadline of Oct. 2. A spokesperson for Anand says the government wants to refocus underutilized funds on critical services such as health care — and it doesn’t expect to cut any public-service jobs. Monica Granados says the savings …