PBO to cut budget despite being exempt from spending review

Jason Jacques, the interim PBO, is making the budget reduction despite being exempt from the government's spending review.

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The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will be reducing its budget by 5 per cent, despite being exempt from the federal government’s spending review. Article content

Jason Jacques, the interim PBO , told a parliamentary committee that his office would make voluntary cuts starting in the 2026-27 fiscal year, as well as an immediate $50,000 salary-reduction for the PBO. Article content Article content

“I take the prime minister at his word that it’s going to require sacrifices from all of us,” Jacques told the Commons government operations and estimates committee on Sept. 16. “Certainly on my end, I’m in an incredibly privileged situatio