OTTAWA — The head of an agency that has spent years shining a light for Canadians on the sometimes-opaque world of government spending is slamming the Trudeau government for its plan to give his ...

Yves Giroux told the finance committee he and his staff has seen the government's impact analysis but 'we've been told explicitly not to disclose it and reference it' You can save this article by ...

Canada's first budget watchdog could also be the last, says the departing public civil servant with 27 years of experience who held the job until Friday when his five-year mandate came to an end. In ...

OTTAWA - The Conservative government's spending restraint is focusing on front-line services while back-office spending continues to rise, says a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Canada's budget watchdog predicts construction of the navy's new frigate fleet could cost at least $77.3 billion — a number that could rise even higher if the frequently-delayed program faces any more ...

As promised, the Parliamentary Budget Office – which now has its very own RSS feed — the very first parliamentary site to do so – has released its latest pre-budget briefing note for parliamentarians.

OTTAWA — A think tank led by former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page has laid out some advice for the Trudeau government on how to make the federal watchdog truly independent. The list of ...

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has estimated the Federal Government's corporate tax cut plan will cost $16.5 billion a year in a decade. The budget proposal would see the company tax rate fall ...

Australia’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has only been in operation since 2012, but been used to cost the policies of the federal government, the Opposition and minor parties alike in this ...

Canada's first parliamentary budget officer is raising concerns with proposed Liberal legislation that he says would be detrimental to the office's independence. The budget implementation bill, ...

The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer, whose five-year mandate came to an end on ...