Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux posted a new legislative costing note entitled Bill C-218: This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act in exempting psychotherapy services from the goods and services tax. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new report entitled Research and Comparative Analysis of CIRNAC and ISC. This report presents the PBO’s response to a request by the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to conduct research and comparative analysis on the Estimates of the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs and the … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a stochastic debt sustainability analysis of Budget 2022. The report assesses the prospects of maintaining a declining debt-to-GDP ratio and of meeting the Government’s medium-term deficit target of 1 per cent of GDP based on Canada’s experience over the 1990-91 to 2019-20 period. The analysis also assesses the balance of risks … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled The Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy: An Analysis of Contractor Obligations and Fulfillment. This report analyses transactions and investments made from 2015-2019 under the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy for Canadian defence and security procurement, as administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The report is available … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO legislative costing note entitled Mobility tax deduction for tradespersons and indentured apprentices. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO legislative costing note entitled Tax-Free First Home Savings Accounts. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO report entitled Budget 2022: Issues for parliamentarians. To assist parliamentarians in their budgetary deliberations, this report highlights key issues arising from Budget 2022. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO legislative costing notes entitled Tuition grant for persons with a Disability Tax Credit certificate. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO legislative costing notes entitled Mobility tax deduction for tradespersons and indentured apprentices. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report entitled The Federal Cost of Minimum Sentences. This report focuses on the minimum sentence for “Possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition”. The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a new PBO report entitled International Comparison of the Canada Revenue Agency’s Performance. This report compares Canada’s tax administration performance with that of comparable countries with a set of indicators derived from the International survey on Revenue Administration (ISORA) 2020. ISORA is administered every two years, collecting data on … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released his distributional analysis of federal carbon pricing under the Government’s A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy (HEHE) climate plan. “Incorporating economic impacts into our distributional analysis helps to provide a more complete picture of the overall impact of the federal carbon pricing system on households under the federal backstop,” says PBO Yves Giroux. The … Read more
