Press Release Department: Federal - Parliamentary Budget Officer

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new legislative costing note entitled Cost estimate of Employment Insurance Board of Appeal. The report is available online. Call 613-240-7019.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new legislative costing note entitled Increasing the Air Travellers Security Charge. The report is available online. Call 613-240-7019.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new legislative costing note entitled Cost Estimate of the Grocery Rebate. The report is available online. Call 613-240-7019.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux released his assessment of Budget 2023. Revisions to the private sector economic outlook and fiscal developments in Budget 2023 lower the government’s outlook for the budgetary balance by $26.1 billion over 2022-23 to 2027-28 relative to its 2022 Fall Economic Statement. “This was the first time since Budget 2021 that the … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer  posted a new legislative costing note entitled EI Attachment Benefit for Adoptive and Intended Parents. The report is available online. Call 613-240-7019.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released new data in an interactive online tool for analyzing federal government personnel spending, publishing his key findings in a complementary report. The PBO’s latest analysis finds that the federal government’s spending on a cash basis on salaries, pensions and other employee compensation rose from $46.3 billion in fiscal year 2019-20 … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled Cost of removing the tax exemptions for Real Estate Investment Trusts. This report provides an estimate of the additional revenues that could be collected by the federal government if tax exemptions for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are removed, and REITs are subjected to the statutory corporate … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report: A Distributional Analysis of the Federal Fuel Charge under the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. The report is available online. Call 613-240-7019.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a new report entitled Costing the Express Entry Immigration Process. The report estimates the cost of the three federal immigration streams for skilled immigrants who want to settle in Canada permanently: the Federal Skilled Workers Program, the Canadian Experience Class and the Federal Skilled Trades Program. The federal government’s stated goal is … Read more

The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled The Government’s Expenditure Plan and Main Estimates for 2023-24. This report examines the federal government’s Expenditure Plan and Main Estimates for 2023-24, which supports the first two appropriation bills that outline $432.9 billion in planned spending. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.