Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 25, 2025. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Ottawa is not planning to set up an independent body to scrutinize the new capital framework in its budget, despite calls for more transparency from the government’s fiscal watchdog.
Interim parliamentary budget officer Jason Jacques told MPs on the House of Commons finance committee Monday that he fears the changes made to the federal government’s fiscal anchors in the recent budget were made quickly and without parliamentary debate.
