Ryan promises to hold government’s ‘feet to the fire,’ let her do it

Annette Ryan wants the job and promises to hold the government's feet to the fire. The House and Senate should give her the chance to do that.

Annette Ryan, deputy director of partnership, policy, and analysis at FINTRAC, appears at the House Finance Committee on March 23, 2026, to answer questions about her nomination to the role of parliamentary budget officer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

March 30, 2026

Annette Ryan, a senior public servant and currently deputy director at Fintrac, Canada's Financial Intelligence Unit and anti-money-laundering agency, is the government's nominee to be the next parliamentary budget officer. Ryan, who appeared at the House Finance Committee l...

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