No more federal budget watchdog in Ottawa as interim PBO’s term expires
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Interim PBO Jason Jacques was appointed to a six-month term in September that ended at 5 p.m. ET Monday without a successor in place.
There is currently no parliamentary budget officer scrutinizing federal finances in Ottawa as the interim fiscal watchdog’s term expired Monday without a successor in place.
The PBO is an independent agent of Parliament tasked with analyzing federal budgets, spending proposals and election campaign promises to raise the quality of public debate.
With no budget officer installed, the office itself cannot publish any reports or accept new work requests from parliamentarians.
The budget office will continue to work on existing requests while waiting for a new officer to be named.
Interim PBO Jason Jacques was appointed to a six-month term in September that ended at 5 p.m. ET Monday.
Ottawa opened applications for a new permanent PBO in November and last week a Privy Council Office spokesman said information about the appointment of a permanent budget officer would be “made available in due course.”
The appointment of a permanent budget officer to a seven-year term is decided by cabinet and must be approved by Parliament.
Interim PBOs, like Jacques, can be appointed without parliamentary sign-off for six-month terms.
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