Reports

This report provides an assessment of house prices relative to a household’s capacity to borrow and pay for the purchase of a house in selected Canadian cities.

This report provides an estimated cost of the provincial and territorial aspects of the federal national child care plan announced in Budget 2021.

On November 24, 2021, the PBO published a report on Bill C-83 and the cost of implementing structured intervention units in federal correctional institutions.

Following the report’s publication, the PBO was asked for additional information regarding: the amount spent and allocated for full body scanners, a break down of where health funding has been spent, and the per-inmate cost of operating structured intervention units in a women’s institution compared to a men’s correctional institution.

This report provides an independent estimate of the cost of cleaning Canada’s orphan oil and gas wells.

On June 23, 2021, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) issued a legislative note updating the cost of the federal carbon tax exemption for marketable natural gas and propane used for all farm operations as provided in Bill C-206, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session.

This report highlights key issues arising from the 2021 Economic and Fiscal Update to assist parliamentarians in their budgetary deliberations.

On December 8, 2021, PBO published the report “Energy sector and agriculture: federal revenue forgone from tax provisions” which provides estimated revenue impacts for the items requested.

This note provides fiscal analysis of the Government’s proposal to reduce mortgage insurance premiums collected by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

This report provides an independent cost estimate of the Development and Acquisition phases of the Polar Icebreaker Project. The Polar Icebreaker Project aims to replace the Canadian Coast Guard’s existing fleet of heavy icebreakers with two new heavy icebreakers built to modern specifications.

Senator Rosa Galvez requested that the PBO update the High-net-worth Family Database for the year 2019 and that the same methodology be applied to previous years in order to study the trends in the distribution of Canadian net wealth. PBO applies a modelling approach from a past report to estimate the top tail of the family wealth distribution in Canada for the year 2019. The approach is also applied to the years 1999, 2012, and 2016 in order to study the trends in wealth held by the wealthiest families in Canada. This report provides the details of the update and the results.

This note presents a detailed analysis of the Government’s second Supplementary Estimates for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which seeks Parliament’s approval of $8.7 billion.

Senator Rosa Galvez requested that the PBO estimate the cost of tax provisions specific to fossil fuel development including the deduction of resource related expenses and incentives for liquid natural gas (LNG) capital investment. She also requested an estimate of the lost revenue from exemptions to the carbon levy for agriculture. This report provides estimated revenue impacts for the items requested.

This report builds on the PBO’s 2017 report and responds to a request from Senator Renée Dupuis to examine budget sufficiency for First Nations water and wastewater systems on reserve.

During the 43rd Parliament, Ms. Jag Sahota, M.P. (Calgary Skyview), Ms Nelly Shin, M.P. (Port Moody - Coquitlam) and The Honourable Alice Wong, M.P. (Richmond Centre) requested the PBO provide an update to his report Fiscal Analysis of Federal Pay Equity, particularly in reference to regulations related to the Pay Equity Act posted in the Canada Gazette.

This report assesses the insurance properties of the Fiscal Stabilization Program, its recent changes and proposed modifications.

This report provides an updated estimate on Bill C-83 and the cost of implementing structured intervention units in federal correctional institutions. This report was prepared at the request of Senator Kim Pate.

On July 24, 2020 the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) reported on costs incurred from the Government’s policy of allowing employees to use pay code 699 paid leave for other reasons.

This report presents PBO’s economic and fiscal baseline projection for the 2021 election proposal costing period.

This report is intended to help parliamentarians understand the financial support agreement that the Government of Canada entered into with Air Canada on April 12, 2021.

This report is intended to help parliamentarians understand federal program spending on housing affordability. It provides an update on our 2019 report, Federal Program Spending on Housing Affordability in response to questions raised by parliamentarians.

The planned spending profile for some of the programs identified in this report are dependent on final program design being confirmed.