PBO repeats calls for transparency after he says budget uses ‘made-in-Ottawa’ definition of capital spending

Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques recommends the creation of an independent body that would define the government's spending categories, after the feds unveiled a new structure shortly before the Nov. 4 budget was tabled.
Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques testified at the House Finance Committee on Nov. 24 about his report on the Liberals’ budget.

Canada’s interim parliamentary budget officer is again calling for more transparency in the government’s fiscal approach after he says it changed the definition of capital spending ahead of tabling its fall budget, and altered the fiscal anchors used to evaluate it. ...

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