Event Location: Online

The Bank of Canada will announce its decision on the target for the overnight rate. Call 613-782-8782.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report entitled Fiscal Sustainability Report 2020. The report will provide an assessment of the sustainability of government finances over the long term for the federal government, subnational governments and public pension plans. The report will be released online. Call 613-992-4511.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report online entitled “Supplementary Estimates (B) 2019-20.” This note presents a detailed analysis of the Government’s second supplementary estimates for the 2019-20 fiscal year, which seeks Parliament’s approval of $3.8 billion to be spent before March 31, 2020. Call 613-992-8026.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report online entitled “Labour Market Assessment – 2020.” This report provides parliamentarians with an assessment of the state of the labour market in Canada. Call 613-992-8044.

The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) will release the results of its review of bank complaint handling procedures and its review of the operations of external complaints bodies. The reports will be available on FCAC’s research and publication page. Call 613-941-4168. 

The Parliamentary Budget Officer will release a new report, “Economic and Fiscal Monitor – February 2020.” The report will be released online. Call 613-992-8026.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report online entitled “Considerations Regarding the 2020 Tax and Spending Review.” The purpose of this report is to provide an initial overview of how the PBO plans to monitor the government’s plan on achieving its $1.5 billion in annual savings, starting in 2020-21. Call 613-992-8026. 

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a new report entitled “Reviewing the Fiscal and Distributional Analysis of the Federal Carbon Pricing System.” Call 613-992-4511.

The Fraser Institute will release a new study on federal debt entitled “Examining Federal Debt in Canada by Prime Ministers Since Confederation, 2020.” Call 604-688-0221 ext. 589. 

The Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will post a legislative costing note entitled “Cost Estimate of Increasing the Basic Personal Amount Tax Credit.” Call 613-992-8026.