Roundup: Explaining the costing process

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With the writ period drawing ever closer, a good thread appeared over the Twitter Machine from someone who used to work in the Parliamentary Budget Office, and who has some insights about the PBO’s new mandate for costing parties’ election platform promises. It’s good to keep in mind – particularly when it comes to ensuring that the parties are accountable to voters.

https://twitter.com/twitscotty/status/1158741889798946818

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Good reads:

  • Ralph Goodale announced details for the government’s $22 million expenditure on combatting online child exploitation.
  • Chrystia Freeland met with her new UK counterpart yesterday, and said that the relationship with China remains “challenging” after her meeting last week.
  • There are questions as to whether CSIS has the resources to combat corporate espionage in Canada, which affects our economic security.
  • Here’s a look at how those text messages from “Strong and Proud” groups may herald the new wave of third-party election advertising.
  • The RCMP investigation into the UCP leadership campaign that elected Jason Kenney is continuing to expand.
  • My column looks at a couple of recent examples of Senate exits and demands for expulsion, and what both mean about our understanding of the institution.

Odds and ends:

In the CBA’s National magazine, I look at a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision about who controls frozen embryos under Canadian law.

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2 thoughts on “Roundup: Explaining the costing process”

  1. “It’s good to keep in mind – particularly when it comes to ensuring that the parties are accountable to voters.”

    They’re not, though, are they? They’re only accountable to their members (if that). This seems to me like another measure that increases the power of parties and reduces that of MPs.

  2. If one does not like PMO control of MP’s then when a party candidate comes to your door “so to speak” ask him or her what they are going to do for your riding. In our riding of Chilliwack-Hope we asked Mark Strahl that question…we had and still have a severe homeless problem here, we have a severs drug issue here..just examples. This MP addressed none of these issues but he did get us a shooting range! Pah!

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