Budget Watchdog Releases Government Letter on Non-Disclosure of Carbon Pricing Data

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Senate Committee on National Finance, in Ottawa on Oct. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The federal budget watchdog has publicly shared a letter it received from Environment Canada requesting government data provided on the economic impacts of carbon pricing not be made public.

“The data the Department is providing contains unpublished information,” says the May 14 letter. “As such, I request you to ensure that this information is used for your office’s internal purposes only and is not published or further distributed.”