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Parliamentary budget officer

  • Homelessness and Food Bank Visits Continue to Rise Despite Ottawa’s Spending  
    Homelessness and Food Bank Visits Continue to Rise Despite Ottawa’s Spending  
    Homelessness in Canada continues to rise, even as the federal government spends over half a billion dollars a year to fight it, according to a report by the Parliamentary Budget ...
    May 22, 2024BY Doug Lett
  • Airport Security Charge Jumping 33 Percent in Canada on May 1
    Airport Security Charge Jumping 33 Percent in Canada on May 1
    Starting in May, get ready to pay more when buying a plane ticket in Canada. The Air Travellers ...
    February 2, 2024BY Doug Lett
  • Carbon Capture Tax Credits Debated, as PBO Estimates They Could Cost $1 Billion More Than Estimated
    Carbon Capture Tax Credits Debated, as PBO Estimates They Could Cost $1 Billion More Than Estimated
    A new report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says the federal government’s tax credit encouraging companies to ...
    February 2, 2024BY Doug Lett
  • Sales Tax on Carbon Pricing to Net Government $486 Million in 2024: Parliamentary Report
    Sales Tax on Carbon Pricing to Net Government $486 Million in 2024: Parliamentary Report
    The federal government will rake in nearly a half billion in sales taxes on the carbon tax this ...
    January 25, 2024BY Jennifer Cowan
  • What’s the Status of Basic Income in Canada?
    What’s the Status of Basic Income in Canada?
    The concept of providing all Canadians with free money to alleviate poverty has been gaining traction on social ...
    December 29, 2023BY Matthew Horwood
  • Ottawa Moves Ahead With Digital Services Tax Despite US Opposition
    Ottawa Moves Ahead With Digital Services Tax Despite US Opposition
    The U.S. has said it wants to establish a unified approach for a minimum tax level that would ...
    November 30, 2023BY Matthew Horwood
  • Increase in Federal Employees Hasn’t Resulted in Improved Services: Parliamentary Budget Officer
    Increase in Federal Employees Hasn’t Resulted in Improved Services: Parliamentary Budget Officer
    Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says the Liberal government's increase in both the number of public servants and ...
    October 19, 2023BY Matthew Horwood
  • Budget Officer Further Probing Ottawa’s EV Battery Plant Deals
    Budget Officer Further Probing Ottawa’s EV Battery Plant Deals
    Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux is further analyzing the federal government's large subsidy deals made with both ...
    July 19, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Feds’ Dental Care Plan to Cost More Than $10 Billion Over 5 Years: Budget Officer
    Feds’ Dental Care Plan to Cost More Than $10 Billion Over 5 Years: Budget Officer
    The federal government's national dental care plan—introduced as a condition of its supply and confidence agreement with the ...
    June 28, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • EXPLAINER: New Clean Fuel Regulations Come Into Effect July 1 – How Much Will Gas Cost?
    EXPLAINER: New Clean Fuel Regulations Come Into Effect July 1 – How Much Will Gas Cost?
    On the path to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, the Liberal government will impose new standards for fuel ...
    June 12, 2023BY Noé Chartier
  • Ottawa Could Speed Up Military Procurement by Reducing Ministerial Oversight: Budget Officer
    Ottawa Could Speed Up Military Procurement by Reducing Ministerial Oversight: Budget Officer
    The speed at which Canada obtains its military equipment following the government's budgetary allocations could be improved significantly ...
    June 9, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Atlantic Premiers Worried About Ottawa’s New Fuel Regulation’s Impact on Inflation
    Atlantic Premiers Worried About Ottawa’s New Fuel Regulation’s Impact on Inflation
    The premiers of the Atlantic provinces are asking the federal government to delay the implementation of its new ...
    May 26, 2023BY Noé Chartier
  • Feds Ask Budget Officer Not to Release Internal Data on Public Dental Care
    Feds Ask Budget Officer Not to Release Internal Data on Public Dental Care
    The federal government is asking Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux not to publicly release internal data given ...
    May 26, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Budget Officer Probing Ottawa’s $13.8 Billion Volkswagen EV Battery Plant Deal
    Budget Officer Probing Ottawa’s $13.8 Billion Volkswagen EV Battery Plant Deal
    Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux says his office is probing the federal government's $13.8 billion deal with ...
    May 24, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • PBO’s Economic Analysis of New Fuel Regulations ‘Unbalanced’ and ‘Incomplete,’ Environment Minister Says
    PBO’s Economic Analysis of New Fuel Regulations ‘Unbalanced’ and ‘Incomplete,’ Environment Minister Says
    Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the recent analysis issued by Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux on the economic ...
    May 19, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Average Federal Public Servant Paid Over $125K Per Year Including Benefits: PBO
    Average Federal Public Servant Paid Over $125K Per Year Including Benefits: PBO
    Federal public servants are paid an average of $125,300 per year including salary, benefits, and overtime, says Parliamentary Budget ...
    April 5, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Federal Government Departments Set Easy Performance Targets, Testifies Parliamentary Budget Officer
    Federal Government Departments Set Easy Performance Targets, Testifies Parliamentary Budget Officer
    A federal House of Commons government operations committee heard that federal managers set easy performance targets that they ...
    March 21, 2023BY Marnie Cathcart
  • PBO Says Federal Public Service System Is ‘Broken’ and Requires Overhaul
    PBO Says Federal Public Service System Is ‘Broken’ and Requires Overhaul
    The federal public service is "broken" and needs to undergo major changes in many areas that "fail to ...
    February 8, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • PBO to Examine Ottawa’s $19 Billion Purchase of F-35 Fighter Jets: Report
    PBO to Examine Ottawa’s $19 Billion Purchase of F-35 Fighter Jets: Report
    Canada's Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) will be examining the federal government's recent $19 billion purchase of F-35 fighter ...
    January 24, 2023BY Peter Wilson
  • Canada Among Worst of G7 Countries for Lagging in Publishing Public Spending Accounts: PBO
    Canada Among Worst of G7 Countries for Lagging in Publishing Public Spending Accounts: PBO
    Canada's federal government is among the worst of the G7 countries when it comes to publishing public spending ...
    December 12, 2022BY Peter Wilson
  • Canada’s Government Sector Is Growing Faster Than the Private Sector, PBO Says
    Canada’s Government Sector Is Growing Faster Than the Private Sector, PBO Says
    Canada's government sector is growing faster than its private sector, and the public sector appears set to continue ...
    December 2, 2022BY Peter Wilson
  • Liberals Did Not Show Fiscal Restraint in Fall Update: Parliamentary Budget Officer
    Liberals Did Not Show Fiscal Restraint in Fall Update: Parliamentary Budget Officer
    Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux told members of Parliament on Monday that the federal government did not show ...
    November 28, 2022BY The Canadian Press
  • Workers Benefit to Cost More Than Double at $4 Billion Due to Ineligible Payments, Says PBO
    Workers Benefit to Cost More Than Double at $4 Billion Due to Ineligible Payments, Says PBO
    The government's increased Canada workers benefit (CWB) is set to cost more than double at about $4 billion, ...
    November 16, 2022BY Peter Wilson
  • Federal Public Debt Charges Expected to Hit $53 Billion by 2024: Parliamentary Budget Office
    Federal Public Debt Charges Expected to Hit $53 Billion by 2024: Parliamentary Budget Office
    Federal debt charges are expected to hit $53 billion by 2024, says the Parliamentary Budget Office in its ...
    November 15, 2022BY Isaac Teo
  • New Legislation Will Profit Large Canadian Media Outlets by Over $300 Million, Says PBO
    New Legislation Will Profit Large Canadian Media Outlets by Over $300 Million, Says PBO
    New legislation will profit large Canadian media outlets and publishers by upwards of $329 million in government subsidies, ...
    October 7, 2022BY Peter Wilson
  • Albertans Will Receive First Carbon Tax Rebate This Week
    Albertans Will Receive First Carbon Tax Rebate This Week
    Albertans will receive their their first carbon tax rebate this week as the federal government releases the initial ...
    July 15, 2022BY Andrew Chen
  • Liberals’ Push to Strengthen French in Federal Institutions Could Surpass $240M in Compliance Costs: Budget Watchdog
    Liberals’ Push to Strengthen French in Federal Institutions Could Surpass $240M in Compliance Costs: Budget Watchdog
    The federal government has underestimated by a huge margin the costs needed to extend French-language rights to federally ...
    June 3, 2022BY Isaac Teo
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    Trump Denounces Communism, Touts Trump Accounts for Children in Georgia Speech
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    9hr By Arthur Zhang
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  • The New Cholesterol Pill Isn’t for Everyone. Here’s How to Tell.
    9hr By Sheramy Tsai
    The New Cholesterol Pill Isn’t for Everyone. Here’s How to Tell.
  • Senate Panel Advances Bill to Make Hospitals Compete on Price
    10hr By Lawrence Wilson
    Senate Panel Advances Bill to Make Hospitals Compete on Price
  • House Adopts Budget Blueprint for $95 Billion Reconciliation Package
    11hr By Jackson Richman
    House Adopts Budget Blueprint for $95 Billion Reconciliation Package
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