The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is welcoming the Liberal government's decision to move budget day from the spring to the fall, but says Finance Canada's definition of capital spending announced Monday is "overly expansive."

In an analysis posted on its website Tuesday, the PBO said that moving the budget date will give parliamentarians more timely and clear information when scrutinizing spending, and that the move is something the PBO has been asking for.

"This will allow for better alignment between the budget and the main estimates and ensure that parliamentarians have a more comprehensive federal spending plan before they are asked to approve money for the new fiscal year," the PBO said in the analysis.

The main estimates are released in the spring and detail the planned spen

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