Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux posted a new report online entitled “Reviewing the Fiscal and Distributional Analysis of the Federal Carbon Pricing System.” The report provides updated estimates of the fiscal impacts of the federal carbon pricing system and considers the carbon revenues and costs embedded in the sales taxes (GST, PST, or HST). The full release is available … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux posted a legislative costing note entitled “Cost Estimate of Increasing the Basic Personal Amount Tax Credit.” In December 2019, the government announced its intention to increase the Basic Personal Amount beginning in 2020. The full report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report that provides nine recommendations to further strengthen the process underpinning Canada’s first independent Election Proposal Costing service. The report, “Evaluation of Election Proposal Costing 2019” is a detailed review informed by the PBO’s experience, as well as consultations with political parties, journalists, the Federal Public Service and the academic community. … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled “Economic and Fiscal Update 2019: Issues for Parliamentarians.” The full report is available online. Call 613-992-8044.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux released his latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook. “We have downgraded our outlook for growth in the Canadian economy and we are projecting larger budgetary deficits compared to our June 2019 baseline,” said Giroux. The November 2019 outlook projects real gross domestic product growth will be 1.7 per cent in 2020 and 1.6 … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has successfully completed Canada’s first independent election campaign proposal costing service, working with political parties to inform voters of the price tags of their election promises. During the 2019 federal election campaign, the PBO published 115 nonpartisan cost estimates on behalf of five political parties, giving voters access to reliable information … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a new report entitled The Cost of Canada’s Surface Combatants: 2019 Update. The full report can be found online. Call 613-992-8044.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report entitled “Preliminary Findings on International Taxation.” The full report is available online. Call 613-992-8044. The Parliamentary Budget Office released a report entitled “Election Proposal Costing Baseline.” Federal parties will be able to build their electoral platforms based on common fiscal and economic assumptions derived from the report. The full report … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report entitled Cost Estimate of Full expensing for Depreciable Property. The full report can be found online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has posted a new report entitled “Program Spending on House Affordability.” The full report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
