Reports, legislative costing notes, economic and fiscal analysis, and budget transparency publications from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
Cost Estimate from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. In response to a request from the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance, this report estimates the cost of expanding the Canada Summer Jobs program.
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Report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This report presents an updated cost estimate for An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages and its associated regulations.
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Cost Estimate from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This Cost Estimate assesses the budgetary impact of suspending federal fuel excise taxes from April 20, 2026, to January 31, 2027, and reducing federal fuel excise taxes to 50 per cent of the r
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Note from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This report responds to a request from the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance to provide an analysis of the Government’s proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.
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Cost Estimate from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. At the request of Member of Parliament Don Davies, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimated the fiscal cost of [motion M-24](https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/don-davies(59325)/motion
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Report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This note assesses the Government’s Operating Budget Fiscal Anchor.
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Report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This report examines the drivers of recent growth in Canada Child Benefit expenses between 2022-23 and 2024-25 — including inflation indexation, income growth, and demographic change — and presents th
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Note from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. This note provides an overview of the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) new Federal Employment Tracking Tool as well as analysis of recent trends in the federal public service workforce.
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Note from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. Budget 2025 introduced $41.3 billion in new federal measures to support investment activity across five program areas: infrastructure, private research and development, housing, industrial development p
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