MPs order release of records from new Defence Investment Agency after it leaves the PBO waiting

The House Government Operations and Estimates Committee took the step to compel the release of information after hearing from the parliamentary budget officer that multiple government departments have yet to comply with his post-budget requests to analyze financial plans.

Conservative MP Kelly Block moved a motion at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to compel departments to respond to the Parliamentary Budget Office's information request on Dec. 2.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

December 2, 2025

MPs are hoping that the weight of a House committee order will help the Parliamentary Budget Office get the information it's been requesting from the government.

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