The Liberal government would rather cut the budget watchdog than cut the debt.

Prime Minister Mark Carney failed to appoint a new parliamentary budget officer (PBO), and his failure has huge implications for taxpayers.

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“Due to the current vacancy in the position of parliamentary budget officer, the Office of the parliamentary budget officer will not be publishing new reports or undertaking new requests from parliamentarians,” reads a statement from the office of the PBO.

From calling out Carney’s creative budget accounting to slicing through carbon tax spin, the PBO has been the best tool Canadians have within government to hold politicians accountable on money matters.

At best, Carney’s failure to hire a new PBO shows supreme incompetence. At worst, it reveals the Carney government is trying to avoid scrutiny.

Evidence points to the latter.

Carney ignored vacancy, will of Parliament

The Carney government is “in effect silencing an agent of........

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