Ottawa’You do get the sense there were different books being kept’Kevin Pages throws a quote on the F-35 fire. Meanwhile, another major defence procurement is being restarted .
OttawaThe system doesn’t workThe Parliamentary Budget Office suggests Parliament should perhaps be better able to do its primary job. The PBO helpfully tells...
OttawaHow about that lifecycle cost?The Parliamentary Budget Officer has written to the deputy minister at Defence. An official with the GAO has priced the model that...
OttawaChecking Peter MacKay’s mathTerry Milewski quibbles. Jacques Bourbeau sees the same problems. The Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report is here...
OttawaAbout that timelineIn his interview with CTV, Peter MacKay also noted the "discrepancy" between the 36-year timeline of * the Auditor General and the...
OttawaThe Commons: The $25 billion questionThe F-34 affair is, of course, even more complicated than a matter of different numbers
OttawaNational Defence, the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Auditor GeneralMarch 2011 . “The Department of National Defence stands behind the estimates that we have communicated publicly,” said Dan...
OttawaTouchéOn Friday, the Finance Minister referred to the Parliamentary Budget Officer as "unbelievable, unreliable, incredible." On...
OttawaWhat changed?From Question Period this morning, here is Peter Van Loan explaining the government’s case against the Parliamentary Budget...