Sentences with phrase «parliamentary budget office»

This was one claim advanced by the Parliamentary Budget Office ahead of the original decision by the Stephen Harper government to raise the TFSA limit to $ 10,000 in the first place.

The parliamentary budget office has also noted how TFSA expansion will help some Canadians more than others, stating in an April report that «high wealth and older households are projected to receive relatively larger benefits than lower net worth, younger counterparts.»

That claim is refuted, though, by a Parliamentary Budget Office report that found the system was already financially sound.

The parliamentary budget office released a report Tuesday predicting the ratio of debt payments — including principal and interest payments — relative to disposable income will creep upwards over the next five years as interest rates rise.

The parliamentary budget office last week predicted the books were actually balanced in 2014 - 15, a number that should become clearer in today's budget but won't be finalized until all the accounting is done sometime next fall.

Ipsos Reid conducted the poll about a week after the Parliamentary Budget Office issued a report on Jan. 19 that said Canada has seen the largest increase in household debt relative to income of any G7 country since 2000.

On Tuesday, the Parliamentary Budget Office released a new report on the fiscal impact of Tax Free Savings Accounts.

«The government has rejected the analysis of the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and others, that the deficit includes a structural component that will not be eliminated without significant expenditure cuts and / or revenue increases.»

«I would state clearly that it was this government, this government, that created the Parliamentary Budget Office.»

It is a reasonable planning framework and is quite similar to the one presented to Parliament by the Parliamentary Budget Office a few weeks ago.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimates that the economy began to operate significantly below its potential in 2009.

There is significant uncertainty about the size of the domestic marijuana market demand, but the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimates a midpoint of about 655 tonnes in 2018.

New EI policies, designed to hurt rather than help; new appeal mechanisms, rigged against claimants; and employee cuts everywhere, made without rhyme or reason across the public service, as the Parliamentary Budget Office has just reported.

This was one claim advanced by the Parliamentary Budget Office ahead of the original decision by the Stephen Harper government to raise the TFSA limit to $ 10,000 in the first place.

Last spring, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PB)-RRB-, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast that the deficit would not be eliminated in 2015 - 16, let alone 2014 - 15 because the deficit includes a structural component.

According to the Parliamentary Budget Office, the long - run fiscal position of the federal government is not bad at all.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has recently begun to provide analytical notes on the Main and Supplementary Estimates to assist parliamentarians in their scrutiny of the government spending.

In commenting on the information provided by the Government to the House of Commons on the costs of the fighter jets, the proposed crime legislation and the projections of corporate profits, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) did provide an assessment of these estimates [2] in their report to the Committee.

«As the leader of the Liberal Party noted, it was in fact this party, this government, that established the parliamentary budget office,» the Prime Minister congratulated himself, «so this government is more than familiar with its intention in terms of the mandate it set up.»

«We remain on track for a balanced budget in 2015,» Rob Nicol, the prime minister's chief spokesman, said in a statement following the release of the parliamentary budget office's report.

New Democrat defence critic Jack Harris accused the government of not only keeping the public in the dark, but watchdogs such as the parliamentary budget office, which had a tough time compiling its own estimate on the war earlier this winter.

«GDP, GDI, terms of trade and why Canada is in a recession: It's all about the beer and pizza Main The Parliamentary Budget Office is asking for public support.

There have been reports by the Broadbent Institute (the Kesselman study) as well as the Parliamentary Budget Office that also raise concerns about how over time the implementation of the expanded limit will increase the size of the tax exempt base and erode future government revenues.

The government has consistently deprived the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) of data and has refused to make public any internal analysis or research.

On October 29, 2012, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released its fall «Economic and Fiscal Outlook Update».

On April 24th, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) released its latest Economic and Fiscal Forecast.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) recently released its assessment of the federal government's Fall Economic Statement and offered a number of issues for consideration by parliamentarians.

According to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the fiscal structure of the provincial - territorial government sector is not sustainable (Fiscal Sustainability Report 2012), given their current debt structures and the pressures that they will face from an ageing population.

The mandate for Parliamentary Budget Office was fairly broad, but the Head of the Library would have the responsibility of interpreting and enforcing it.

With limited resources (a budget of only $ 2.8 million and a staff of only seventeen), the Parliamentary Budget Office has provided Parliament and Canadians with credible and professional advice on a wide range of important policy issues.

Minister Flaherty feels that the Parliamentary Budget Office should be a «sounding board» for Parliament.

We are not at all optimistic about the future of the Parliamentary Budget Office.

He didn't expect the depth and breadth of the opposition that he would get from the Government in setting up the Parliamentary Budget Office.

What is likely to happen is that a «black period» will descend on the Parliamentary Budget Office.

The Government does not want an independent Parliamentary Budget Office.

Most observers agree that the Parliamentary Budget Office should have a larger budget and staff.

It is clear from Minister's Flaherty's comment that the mandate of the Parliamentary Budget Office will be changed.

It was decided that the Parliamentary Budget Officer would report to the Head of the Library of Parliament, who in turn would «control» the budget and work of the Parliamentary Budget Office.

The future of the Parliamentary Budget Office will be determined, in part, by its past success and, in part, by the desire of the Government to «de-claw» the Office.

Most observers would like that the government to acknowledge the contributions of the Parliamentary Budget Office to policy discussion and debate.

Once elected, the Government began to have second thoughts over its promise to create the Parliamentary Budget Office.

The ability of the Parliamentary Budget Office to challenge the Government will be compromised.

We expect that the head of the Library of Parliament will be asked to «act» on an interim basis, as the head of the Parliamentary Budget Office, until a replacement is found.

But he was determined to make the Parliamentary Budget Office a credible, professional and transparent organization.

However, rarely due they spend the total amount authorized, due to a number of reasons, as outlined by the Parliamentary Budget Office (Parliamentary Budget Officer 2015 «Why does the Government lapse money and why does it matter?).

The idea of an independent Parliamentary Budget Office arose in late 2004 when the final outcome for the surplus for 2003 - 04 came in at $ 9.1 billion rather than the estimated $ 1.9 billion provided in the Budget.

Defining a «sustainable fiscal structure» (link to Parliamentary budget office fiscal sustainability report September 26, 2013) is not easy and not without controversy in the economics literature.

It's the ever - higher medical bills of a rapidly aging population that are setting provinces on a path to fiscal ruin, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office.

A strengthened and more independent Parliamentary Budget Office would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would force the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would promote a straightforward and more understandable and open budget process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan, it would provide research to all political parties.

Fortunately, even though Mr. Oliver is nowhere to be seen, we can always depend on the Parliamentary Budget Office (PB0) to fill in for him.