Budget Cuts
Why the Navy’s woes are much like our own
Who hasn’t dealt with budget cuts in tough times?
‘The PBO is unable to conduct an assessment of the fiscal risk and long-term sustainability of Budget 2012 savings measures’
The Parliamentary Budget Officer reports back
Maclean’s Exclusive: The PBO says it is still not getting all the information it wants
‘Very few have provided all of the requested data and information’
Alberta students are angry, but are they worse off?
Universities face austere budgets from coast to coast
Alberta students march against cuts
Roughly 100 show up despite snowstorm
Off to court after all?
While it seemed a week ago that government departments were prepared to cooperate with the Parliamentary Budget Officer, it now seems the matter might be headed to the courts after all.
A progress report from the PBO
The office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer has produced a chart to explain which departments have complied with his request for information about budget cuts, which departments have promised to comply by this week’s deadline and which departments have not confirmed that they will be providing information.
Tony Clement believes in a strict interpretation of the rules
The Harper government’s argument for not cooperating with the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s review of budget cuts rests on the idea that budget cuts are not part of the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s mandate.
‘Our government is very much on top of that’
Global BC goes looking for Conservative MPs willing to talk about cuts to the coast guard.
The quiet cuts
Statistics Canada has released a list of the programs and surveys that will be affected by budget cuts.
The Commons: ‘Why is the PM showing his own MPs such blatant disrespect?’
Thomas Mulcair shows some concern for Conservative MPs