Federal fiscal policies ‘sustainable’ over long term, says new PBO report

The PBO's projections showed that the federal government could increase spending or cut taxes annually by roughly $13-billion, or 0.6-0.7 per cent of the GDP, over the next 37 years and still maintain fiscal sustainability.

A new report from the Officer of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, headed by Jean-Denis Fréchette, pictured, projects that the federal government could increase spending or cut taxes annually by roughly $13 billion dollars, or 0.6-0.7 per cent of the GDP, over the next 37 years and still maintain fiscal sustainability. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

January 23, 2018

Parliament’s fiscal watchdog is giving a major vote of confidence in the Trudeau government’s spending and taxation plans. In a new

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