Tories used PBO Page’s statement out of context in addition to AG’s quotation in dissenting committee report
The Conservatives suggest Budget Officer Kevin Page gave security costs for the G8 and G20 summits a passing grade after they were held, but the quotation attributed to him was plucked from a report on government estimates he prepared before the summits were held.
PARLIAMENT HILL – A Conservative House committee report that wrongly quoted Auditor General Sheila Fraser endorsing controls over $45.7-million the government spent on questionable projects at the G8 summit last year also takes a statement about security cost estimates for the G8 and G20 su...
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