The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has posted a report entitled “Revised PBO Outlook and Assessment of the 2013 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections” on the website. Following the publication of PBO’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook Update 2013, Finance Canada released its 2013 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections. This report updates PBO’s economic and fiscal … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer has posted a report entitled “Supplementary Estimates (B) 2013-14” on the website at www.pbo.dpb.gc.ca. This note highlights items in Supplementary Estimates (B) 2013-14 that may warrant more detailed scrutiny by parliamentarians, owing to their fiscal materiality or risk. These Supplementary Estimates are seeking approval of a further $5.4 billion in expenditures … Read more
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has posted a report entitled “Fiscal Analysis of Veterans Funeral and Burial Benefits” on the website at www.pbo.dpb.gc.ca. This report responds to a request made by the member of Parliament for Charlottetown, P.E.I., for an analysis of the fiscal impact of the spending plan for the Last Post Fund announced … Read more
The parliamentary budget officer (PBO) has posted a report entitled “Economic and Fiscal Outlook Update 2013” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. Call 613-992-8026.
The parliamentary budget officer has posted a report entitled “Expenditure Monitor: 2013-14 Q1." The report is available online. Call 613-992-8026.
The parliamentary budget officer has posted a report entitled “Federal Public Service Wage Growth: 2001-02 to 2011-12” on the website at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. This report responds to a request from a member of Parliament to further expand on the prior analysis and provide a breakdown of the major factors influencing the growth in federal government labour … Read more
The parliamentary budget officer has posted a report entitled “Fiscal Sustainability Report 2013” online. Call 613-992-8026.
The parliamentary budget officer posted a report entitled “Cost Estimate of an Adult Fitness Tax Credit ” online at www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca. This note responds to a request by a member of Parliament to estimate the foregone revenue incurred by the implementation of an Adult Fitness Tax Credit (AFTC). The AFTC would enable eligible taxpayers to claim … Read more
Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Sonia L’Heureux issued a statement the following statement: "In April 2013, I sought information necessary to undertake analysis into the 2012 federal budget. That analysis was requested by a parliamentarian pursuant to s. 79.2 of the Parliament of Canada Act. The information necessary for this purpose was requested from government departments … Read more
The interim parliamentary budget officer (PBO) has posted a report entitled “First Nations School Infrastructure Funding Requirements: British Columbia” This report responds to a request from a parliamentarian to follow-up on a 2009 PBO report, using new data to estimate the costs of First Nations K‑12 educational infrastructure in British Columbia. This report uses information … Read more
