Interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques said the government told his office it will not meet its Nov. 19 deadline.

Federal departments are refusing to quickly hand over details related to the $60-billion in spending cuts outlined in the budget, says interim Parliamentary Budget Officer Jason Jacques.

The interim PBO has written to the Speakers of the House of Commons and the Senate, saying that the departments’ refusals violate the powers of his office to obtain such information.

Mr. Jacques told MPs on the government operations committee Thursday that his office has the power to compel such information, yet the government recently told his office it would not be meeting the PBO’s deadline of Nov. 19.

“So right now, we’re sort of in limbo on the remedy, because there is no r

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