The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a report entitled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2014” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. This report fulfils the September 29, 2011 Standing Committee on Finance motion that “[c]onsistent with the Parliamentary Budget Office[r] (PBO) mandate […] the PBO provide an economic and fiscal outlook to the Committee the fourth week of October … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer posted a report entitled “Expenditure Monitor: 2013-14 Q3” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. Total expenditures in the first nine months of 2013‑14 amounted to $177.9 billion, an increase of $3.8 billion year-over-year or 2.2 per cent compared with the same nine months of 2012-13. These aggregate results are consistent with the spending growth forecast in the … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a report entitled “Federal Contaminated Sites Cost” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. The Parliamentary Budget Officer was asked, under section 79.2(d) of the Parliament of Canada Act, to estimate the financial cost to remediate Canada’s contaminated sites. This report responds to that request. It estimates the costs of remediating current and … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a report entitled “Labour Market Assessment 2014” online. This report provides parliamentarians with an assessment of the current state of the Canadian labour market by examining labour market indicators relative to trend, trends in wages and compensation, and the evidence of labour shortages and skills mismatches. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has posted a report entitled “Main Estimates 2014-15”. This note outlines $235.3 billion in planned spending for the coming fiscal year (April 2014 to March 2015). The full report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a report entitled “Supplementary Estimates (C) 2013-14.” Supplementary Estimates (C) 2013-14 seek approval of a further $0.4 billion budgetary authority for the last seven weeks of the fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2014. These proposed increases are more than offset by revisions to other budgetary estimates, resulting in a … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) posted a report entitled “Fiscal Analysis of Sick Leave in the Federal Public Service” on the website. This report responds to a request received from a parliamentarian that the PBO undertake an independent fiscal analysis of absenteeism in the public service. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has posted a report entitled “Expenditure Monitor: 2013-14 Q2” The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has posted a report entitled “Labour Sensitivity Analysis for the Acquisition of Two Joint Support Ships.” The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has posted a report entitled “Revenue Impacts Arising from Tax Adjustments: 2014” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. Call 613-992-8026.
