Parliamentary Budget Officer Rebukes Trudeau Government Over Spending Secrecy

Parliamentary Budget Officer Rebukes Trudeau Government Over Spending Secrecy
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons Finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 10, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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OTTAWA—Parliament’s budget watchdog has called out the Trudeau government for not providing information on billions of dollars in planned federal spending.

The parliamentary budget office made clear its concerns about the Liberals’ spending secrecy in two separate reports released Wednesday.