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Canada needs another 1.3M homes by 2030 to solve supply and demand gap: PBOThe Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a report released Thursday that it will take building a total of about 3.1 million homes to solve Canada's housing gap.CanadaApr 11
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Wages for most Canadians are outpacing inflation, PBO saysWith help from COVID relief funds, rises in disposable income outpaced the impact of higher inflation for households by December 2022, improving purchasing power by five per cent.CanadaJun 22, 2023
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Climate action comes with costs, Canada’s budget watchdog saysA new report by Canada's Parliamentary budget officer concluded carbon price rebates are worth more than the direct cost of the carbon price for 80 per cent of families.CanadaApr 8, 2023
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Fall economic statement does not show fiscal restraint: parliamentary budget officerYves Giroux told MPs at a House of Commons finance committee that the federal government is spending a significant portion of the new fiscal room it has this year.EconomyNov 28, 2022
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Canada’s economy will ‘slow considerably’ in 2nd half of 2022, budget officer saysAs inflation slows and heads toward the central bank's target of two per cent, the PBO expects the Bank of Canada to begin lowering interest rates toward the end of next year.EconomyOct 13, 2022
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Basic income program could cut national poverty rates in half, PBO saysA basic income program similar to one previously studied in Ontario could cut poverty rates nationally by almost half in 2022, the parliamentary budget officer says.EconomyApr 7, 2021
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Canada Infrastructure Bank failing to secure private investment, PBO saysThe Canada Infrastructure Bank has committed just over $4 billion for projects, but none involve funding from private investors.CanadaMar 23, 2021
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PBO’s latest estimate says warships will cost $77B as estimated price jumps $17BParliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux's latest estimate is $17 billion more than the government's stated price for the 15 warships.PoliticsFeb 24, 2021
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‘Netflix tax’ could yield $1.3B in revenue, slightly more than feds’ estimate: PBOA digital media tax on services like Netflix could yield more revenue than the government is estimating, according to the PBO.MoneyFeb 10, 2021
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Roy Green: What concerns the parliamentary budget officer should concern us allYves Giroux, Canada's parliamentary budget officer, tells Roy Green how his office remains unaware if the Trudeau government has any plans to tackle the deficit.Nov 20, 2020
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