“Nobody here thinks they’re a hero…we have a job to do to support parliament,” says Kevin Page, Canada’s first Parliamentary Budget Officer, in an interview with RCI.
For five years the veteran public servant has had one goal: to make sure Members of Parliament and Senators had the information they needed to vote on legislation.
His determination to get at the facts, even if they contradicted official government positions, won him supporters across Canada, and criticism from government MPs and cabinet ministers.
RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda talked to Kevin Page on his second last day on the job (March 21) about the challenges of the last five years.
ListenMore information:
Office of Parliamentary Budget Officer web site – here
Office of Parliamentary Budget Officer web site – here
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