Liberals have in some respects ‘lost ground on fiscal transparency,’ says former PBO Page

Kevin Page gives the government credit for releasing the missing budget details to the PBO, adding that time will tell if it can live up to its promise of being a more open government.

Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, left, agreed with his former office's assessment that certain aspects of the Liberal government's first budget released by Finance Minister Bill Morneau, right, were harder to understand than budgets presented by the former Conservative government.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

April 18, 2016

Former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page says, in some respects, the new Liberal government has backtracked on fiscal transparency in its 2016 budget. Mr. Page said, when looking at certain aspects highlighted by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer—such as a large adjustment to p...

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