Budget Officer Probing Ottawa’s $13.8 Billion Volkswagen EV Battery Plant Deal

Budget Officer Probing Ottawa’s $13.8 Billion Volkswagen EV Battery Plant Deal
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux prepares to appear before the Senate Committee on Official Languages in Ottawa on June 13, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux says his office is probing the federal government’s $13.8 billion deal with Volkswagen made to incentivize the European automaking giant to build its first overseas battery cell plant in Ontario.

Giroux told The Epoch Times that his office began analyzing the expensive deal near the end of April and is aiming to publish it at the end of Parliament’s spring session, scheduled to conclude on June 23.