Platform costing measure gets nod, but fixes for getting info needed, says PBO

'Different leadership could have decided that ‘no, we won’t collaborate with you, because we don’t have to under the legislation,’ says Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. 'We want legislation to be clarified.'

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux, pictured on Jan. 14, 2019, says an 'oversight' led to his office experiencing some difficulty in getting access to information from some agencies. For the first time, the PBO offered parties the option to cost election platforms put forth in the Oct. 21 election.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY PALAK MANGAT

January 22, 2020

A platform costing service offered by the Parliamentary Budget Officer is receiving a thumbs up from one expert, but the office is looking to Parliament to clarify an “oversight” in its powers in accessing information to do its work, ahead of the next election. In a

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