Anonymous24 days ago
The Liberal government has nominated FinTRAC deputy director Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer for a seven-year term, sparking accusations from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre that Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to "muzzle" the fiscal watchdog by passing over popular interim PBO Jason Jacques. The nomination comes as the OECD ranked Canada's PBO first among 35 nations but warned that persistent appointment delays and politicized selection processes threaten the office's independence at a time when Canada faces its highest deficit-to-GDP ratio outside of recession since 1995.