PBO slams Carney’s creative accounting as deficit looms

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - The Parliamentary Budget Officer has delivered a damning critique of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Budget 2025, calling out Ottawa’s “overly expansive” definition of capital spending and warning that the government’s promise to balance the operating budget…

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Fiscal misreporting and accounting controversies

Politics Insider: PBO casts doubts on how Ottawa defines capital spending in budget

3 months / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Fiscal watchdog accuses Ottawa of exaggerating investment spending

3 months / nationalpost / Simon Tuck

PBO slams Carney’s creative accounting as deficit looms

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Federal budget’s fiscal targets unlikely to be met, interim PBO says

3 months / theglobeandmail / Bill Curry

Carney has ‘limited room to cut taxes’ as debt-to-GDP ratio to grow: PBO

3 months / globalnews / Uday Rana

BILD: The federal budget’s housing math doesn’t add up

3 months / torontosun / Martin Slofstra

AMBLER: The arithmetic Ottawa won’t admit

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard Guest Columnist


Political debates and partisan reactions

Conservatives won’t say if MPs will be forced to vote against budget

3 months / globalnews / Mackenzie Gray

SNOBELEN: Canada’s crisis requires bold action, not Carney’s timid budget

3 months / torontosun / Eddie Chau

Why Premier Smith hasn’t fired shots at Carney—yet

3 months / thehub / Falice Chin


Public service cuts and social impact

Ottawa’s austerity plan pushes women out — just before pay equity kicks in

3 months / rabble / Nancy Wilson, CPA

Liberals block budget watchdog from seeing federal job-cut numbers

3 months / westernstandard / Western Standard News Services

Deachman: In truth, public service cuts won't be catastrophic for Ottawa

3 months / ottawacitizen / Bruce Deachman


Unique budget allocation quirks

Canada’s Budget 2025 pumps $400M into culture sector, raises CBC funding

3 months / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

FIRST READING: One tenth of Carney’s budget cuts come from sending less marijuana money to veterans

3 months / nationalpost / Tristin Hopper

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