Steven Chase
Parliament’s budget watchdog has begun probing the hefty and controversial $1-billion security bill for the two global summits the Harper government is holding next month in Ontario.
Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page says his study will founder, however, if the Conservatives fail to provide him with the necessary records to scrutinize policing and protective spending for the Group of Eight and Group of 20 meetings.
“We will investigate with the purpose of issuing a report for parliamentarians and Canadians,” Mr. Page told The Globe and Mail.
“For the report to be helpful, we will need co-operation from the government on information and this will need to be done in a timely manner.”
Anyone think the Conservative government is going to cooperate with the budget watchdog? Tom
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