Sentences with phrase «parliamentary budget watchdog»

But even with that adjustment, the parliamentary budget watchdog has warned that expanding the limit will lead to a significant, long - term fiscal burden on the government.

OTTAWA — The federal government is announcing a slight change to its plan to streamline the spending - approval process into a single $ 7 - billion vote after complaints earlier this week from the parliamentary budget watchdog.

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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.

«Mr. Speaker, it is clear after the Minister of Finance's attack on the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Mr. Kevin Page, that it is the Prime Minister's intention to turn the taxpayers» watchdog into his personal lapdog.