Parliamentary Budget Officer Reports
Parliamentary Budget Officer Reports
About PBO
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) is an agent of Parliament.
As a neutral, non-partisan party independent of government, he assists senators and members of Parliament in their work.
The PBO is responsible for providing economic and financial analysis to Parliament for the purposes of raising the quality of parliamentary debate and promoting greater budget transparency and accountability.
Before a general election, the PBO’s role changes: political parties and independent members of Parliament can ask him to estimate the financial cost of their campaign promises.
2018 Report
April 17, 2018 - Costing a National Guaranteed Basic Income Using the Ontario Basic Income Model
Responses to 2018 Report
iPolitics - MP Pierre Poilievre - Apr 18, 2018
[S-15] Liberals looking at national basic income as way to help Canadians cope with job instability - Dec 19, 2018
2020 Reports
July 7, 2020 - Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During the COVID Pandemic
November 5, 2020 - Update: Five-Year Cost Estimate of the Guaranteed Basic Income
2021 Reports
April 7, 2021 - Distributional and Fiscal Analysis of a National Guaranteed Basic Income
April 19, 2021 - Distributional and Fiscal Analysis of a National Guaranteed Basic Income – A focus on Canadians with a disability