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Let the spending spree continue!

Ever since Parliament adjourned, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have been criss-crossing the country making funding announcements. In some ways this isn’t news as governments announce funding all the time.

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Yet the Trudeau funding is planned, targeted and strategic with a strong political agenda — winning the next election.

David Akin, chief political correspondent for Global News, has been tracking spending announcements by the federal government through a Twitter account and database since 2009.

He tracked more than 50 funding announcements over Monday and Tuesday with commitments of over $1.5 billion. On Wednesday, there were another 22 announcements.

Where is the money going?

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This week, mainly to Ontario and British Columbia, both key to the Liberal re-election campaign.

Ontario netted 65% of the funding, BC 24% and Quebec was third with just 3%.