PBO Report
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Volkswagen plant will cost $16.3B with ‘marginal’ benefits: PBOThe parliamentary budget officer said the total cost to the federal government of building Volkswagen’s first overseas plant is higher than what Ottawa had announced.CanadaJun 14, 2023
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Ottawa’s spending on staff ballooned during pandemic, likely to continueA new report from the parliamentary budget officer says federal spending on personnel increased by almost 31 per cent in the last few years -- and it's expected to continue.CanadaApr 4, 2023
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Multigenerational home renovation tax credit to cost $44M, PBO says. Here’s how it worksThe tax credit allows families to claim 15 per cent of up to $50,000 in renovation costs to create a multigenerational home, but not all secondary units are eligible.CanadaJan 11, 2023
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PBO report questions Liberals’ case to spend billions in planned stimulusThe Liberals had promised up to $100 billion in economic stimulus, subject to a series of spending guardrails.CanadaJan 19, 2022
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Tax on big corporations’ excess profits would reap $7.9B for feds: PBOThe estimate by PBO Yves Giroux, in response to a request from the NDP, was calculated by looking at companies whose profits exceeded their 2020 expectations.MoneyApr 27, 2021
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Extended COVID-19 income support to cost feds an extra $5B: budget watchdogThe move will nudge the total price of the COVID-19 relief program to $50 billion, PBO Yves Giroux says.MoneyMar 18, 2021
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Bigger deficits than expected on the horizon, but there’s a silver lining: PBOThe federal budget watchdog says the Trudeau government is on track to run deficits nearly $8 billion deeper than expected over the next two years.CanadaApr 23, 2018
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Universal pharmacare would provide better health care but costs a concern: health committeeWednesday's report includes 18 recommendations the committee says could form a blueprint of sorts for a new single-payer, publicly funded prescription drug coverage program.CanadaApr 18, 2018
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Key interest rate will likely rise again in April: PBOThere was a mixture of good and bad news on Tuesday morning from Canada's parliamentary fiscal watchdog.CanadaJan 23, 2018
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Economy will start to cool in the coming year, key interest rate to rise: PBOCanada's "robust" economy is expected to slow to a more normal pace in the coming year, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer suggests.CanadaOct 31, 2017
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