Brison’s $7-billion budget vote weakens parliamentary scrutiny of spending: current, ex-PBO

It's ‘ludicrous' for the opposition to call the central vote a 'slush fund,' says a Treasury Board spokesman.

By not breaking budget spending down into separate departmental votes, the government is reducing transparency, say former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, left, and current PBO Jean-Denis Fréchette, centre left, while auditor general Michael Ferguson, centre right, and Treasury Board President Scott Brison, right, say the Liberals are bound by the allocations for the money they've outlined.The Hill Times file photographs, photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 2, 2018

The Liberal government's effort to align the budget with the

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