Budget Watchdog Voices Concern About Ottawa’s Lack of Fiscal Anchors

Budget Watchdog Voices Concern About Ottawa’s Lack of Fiscal Anchors
Centre Block and the Peace Tower are seen past a metal fence along the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 5, 2024. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says many members of his team are concerned by the federal government’s apparent absence of fiscal anchors to rein in spending.

“I don’t know that the government currently has fiscal anchors, which, of course, causes the people that I work with a considerable degree of concern at this point,” interim PBO Jason Jacques told the government operations committee on Sept. 16.