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Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/a-word-from-kevin-page/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/a-word-from-kevin-page/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:55:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376057 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/23/a-word-from-kevin-page/feed/ 0 The former PBO on the Federal Court ruling http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/court-dodges-page-ruling-on-technicality-but-also-hints-pbo-can-win-in-future/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/court-dodges-page-ruling-on-technicality-but-also-hints-pbo-can-win-in-future/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:44:08 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=375541 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/22/court-dodges-page-ruling-on-technicality-but-also-hints-pbo-can-win-in-future/feed/ 0 OTTAWA – The Federal Court has put aside for possibly another day whether Canada’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-pbo-cliff/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-pbo-cliff/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:12:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340631 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/22/the-pbo-cliff/feed/ 0 Kevin Pages frames the decision about his successor. His admirers — and they span... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/a-progress-report-on-the-selection-of-a-new-pbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/a-progress-report-on-the-selection-of-a-new-pbo/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:51:01 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=340013 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/a-progress-report-on-the-selection-of-a-new-pbo/feed/ 0 As noted earlier today, the appointment of the parliamentary budget officer is set out... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/when-will-a-new-parliamentary-budget-officer-be-appointed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/when-will-a-new-parliamentary-budget-officer-be-appointed/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:01:49 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=339825 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/21/when-will-a-new-parliamentary-budget-officer-be-appointed/feed/ 0 How will the PM replace Kevin Page? Asking for the Opposition http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/belief-is-not-enough/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/belief-is-not-enough/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:22:33 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331033 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/21/belief-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 Kevin Page talks to Colin Horgan. We know that these are tough decisions. It’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/off-to-court-after-all/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/off-to-court-after-all/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:03:09 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305517 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/21/off-to-court-after-all/feed/ 0 While it seemed a week ago that government departments were prepared to cooperate with... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/20/great-work-but-never-mind/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/20/great-work-but-never-mind/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:41:08 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305484 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/20/great-work-but-never-mind/feed/ 0 In June, Tony Clement commended the government operations committee on its study of estimates... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/17/a-progress-report-from-the-pbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/17/a-progress-report-from-the-pbo/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:45:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=304077 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/17/a-progress-report-from-the-pbo/feed/ 0 The office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer has produced a chart to explain which... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/two-more-departments-decide-to-cooperate-with-the-pbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/two-more-departments-decide-to-cooperate-with-the-pbo/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:39:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302997 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/12/two-more-departments-decide-to-cooperate-with-the-pbo/feed/ 0 Transport Canada and CIDA have now contacted the Parliamentary Budget Officer to indicate they... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/the-tide-seems-suddenly-to-have-turned/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/the-tide-seems-suddenly-to-have-turned/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:41:34 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302547 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/the-tide-seems-suddenly-to-have-turned/feed/ 0 In addition to yesterday’s entreaties, the Parliamentary Budget Officer has now apparently heard from,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/is-the-pbo-going-to-get-the-accountability-he-seeks/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/is-the-pbo-going-to-get-the-accountability-he-seeks/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:00:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=302035 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/11/is-the-pbo-going-to-get-the-accountability-he-seeks/feed/ 0 Kathryn May considers the ramifications of yesterday’s discussions between several federal departments and the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/the-pbo-and-your-right-to-know/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/the-pbo-and-your-right-to-know/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:35:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301973 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/the-pbo-and-your-right-to-know/feed/ 0 Paul McLeod tries to wrap his head around the dispute between the Harper government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/accountability-and-transparency-have-once-again-become-irrelevant/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/accountability-and-transparency-have-once-again-become-irrelevant/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:08:11 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298832 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/02/accountability-and-transparency-have-once-again-become-irrelevant/feed/ 0 Scott Clark and Peter DeVries consider the parliamentary budget officer. A strengthened (more resources),... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/parliament-cant-do-its-job/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/parliament-cant-do-its-job/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:04:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=274664 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/16/parliament-cant-do-its-job/feed/ 0 Dean Beeby revisits the government operations committee’s report on Parliament’s ability to scrutinize government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/canadians-are-well-served-by-the-office-of-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/canadians-are-well-served-by-the-office-of-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:45:36 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270665 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/26/canadians-are-well-served-by-the-office-of-the-parliamentary-budget-officer/feed/ 0 It is probably worth noting that, while the government operations committee has recommended further... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/what-they-said-about-the-pbo/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/what-they-said-about-the-pbo/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:00:30 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270554 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/what-they-said-about-the-pbo/feed/ 0 A short history of Conservatives speaking excitedly about the creation of a parliamentary budget... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/we-are-doing-our-job/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/we-are-doing-our-job/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:45:48 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=270511 Tom Clark:... Your term runs until March]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/25/we-are-doing-our-job/feed/ 0 Kevin Page talks to the West Block. Tom Clark:... Your term runs until March http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:34:15 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269892 John McKay:... Mr. Speaker, in November]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/22/maybe-we-need-a-bit-more-of-the-pbo-not-less/feed/ 0 Yesterday’s QP exchange on the Parliamentary Budget Officer. John McKay:... Mr. Speaker, in November http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-few-words-from-kevin-page/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-few-words-from-kevin-page/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:27:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269216 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-few-words-from-kevin-page/feed/ 0 'If this is normal, then normal is getting worse,' Parliamentary Budget Officer tells Maclean's http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/the-commons-if-kevin-page-has-overstepped-his-mandate-maybe-its-time-to-expand-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/the-commons-if-kevin-page-has-overstepped-his-mandate-maybe-its-time-to-expand-it/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:00:02 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269135 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/the-commons-if-kevin-page-has-overstepped-his-mandate-maybe-its-time-to-expand-it/feed/ 0 The Conservatives are once again reminded of the PBO they promised http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-planned-response/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-planned-response/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:32:03 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=269098 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/20/a-planned-response/feed/ 0 From his scrum after QP, Thomas Mulcair’s analysis of John Baird’s vague rebuke of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-neutered-parliament/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-neutered-parliament/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:43 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=258441 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/14/the-neutered-parliament/feed/ 0 At the end of this Globe report on moves toward greater cooperation among parliamentary... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/looking-for-answers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/looking-for-answers/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:30:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257586 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/09/looking-for-answers/feed/ 0 Nearly a month ago, the Parliamentary Budget Office wrote to 83 departments of government... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/pbo-v-dnd/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/pbo-v-dnd/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:44:23 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=256817 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/03/pbo-v-dnd/feed/ 0 Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page draws a conclusion. “Over the past few weeks, it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/you-do-get-the-sense-there-were-different-books-being-kept/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/you-do-get-the-sense-there-were-different-books-being-kept/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:25:56 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=255850 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/30/you-do-get-the-sense-there-were-different-books-being-kept/feed/ 0 Kevin Pages throws a quote on the F-35 fire. Page told host Evan Solomon... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-system-doesnt-work/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-system-doesnt-work/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:33:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254734 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/the-system-doesnt-work/feed/ 0 The Parliamentary Budget Office suggests Parliament should perhaps be better able to do its... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/how-about-that-lifecycle-cost/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/how-about-that-lifecycle-cost/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:00:32 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=254678 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/25/how-about-that-lifecycle-cost/feed/ 0 The Parliamentary Budget Officer has written to the deputy minister at Defence. We have... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:46 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=238502 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/08/then-now-and-later-on-oas/feed/ 0 The Parliamentary Budget Officer suggests Old Age Security is sustainable in the long term... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-unlikely-enforcer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-unlikely-enforcer/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:24:53 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-unlikely-enforcer/feed/ 17 Meet the PM’s nemesis http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/16/that-wasnt-so-hard/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/16/that-wasnt-so-hard/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:33:19 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=71218 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/16/that-wasnt-so-hard/feed/ 41 One hundred and thirty-four economists, including 15 past presidents of the Canadian Economics Association,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/13/gentlemen-please-no-fighting-in-the-library/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/13/gentlemen-please-no-fighting-in-the-library/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:51:32 +0000 kadyomalley http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=17503 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/13/gentlemen-please-no-fighting-in-the-library/feed/ 12 Oops, too late. From today’s Ottawa Citizen: Canada’s new budget officer has been told...