The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Bill C-266: Increasing the duration of parole ineligibility. In February 2016, the Standing Committee on Finance of the House of Commons requested that the PBO provide a detailed and comprehensive costing analysis of private members bills and motions appearing on the Private Member’s Business Order of … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report, “Projecting the Revenues and Expenses of Canada Student Loans,” providing an overview of Canada Student Loans Program, a description of the PBO model as well as an estimate of the revenues and expenses associated with the direct loans regime of CSLP. This report will be released online.
The Bank of Canada will release the spring issues of the Business Outlook Survey and the Senior Loan Officer Survey on its website.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Infrastructure Update: Investments in the Territories. This note is a supplement to the PBO’s report entitled “Infrastructure Update: Investments in Provinces and Municipalities”. It examines capital investments made by territories with the objective to identify the incremental impact of the federal infrastructure funding on their capital … Read more
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux will release two reports: “Cost Estimate of an Increase in the Duration of Employment Insurance (EI) Sickness Benefits” and “Costing of a 360-hour Eligibility Threshold for Sickness Benefits.” These will be available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled The impact of the Canada – United States – Mexico Agreement on prescription drug expenditures in Canada. This report estimates the additional pharmacy-dispensed prescription drug expenditures for Canadian consumers that would result from the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. A two-year extension of data protection for biologics … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Infrastructure Update: Investments in Provinces and Municipalities online. The report examines infrastructure investments made by provinces and some municipalities with the objective to identify the incremental impact of federal infrastructure funding on provincial and municipal capital investment. Call 613-992-8026
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz and Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins will hold a press conference to discuss the bank’s decision on the target for the overnight rate. This event will take place at the National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington St. Details online.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled Fiscal Analysis of the Interim F-18 Aircraft online. This report presents a fiscal analysis of the Government of Canada’s purchase of 18 used F-18 aircraft from Australia. Call 613-992-8044.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer will post a new report entitled “The cost differential between three regimes of Veterans Benefits” on its website.
