Reports and Papers
Our latest releases:
Emergency funding for COVID-19: Responses and support to Indigenous Peoples
(May 2020; No. 19004)
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Health Care Costs: A Challenge for Canadian Governments
(September 2019; No. 19003)
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Assessing the sustainability of the Federal Government's Public Service Pension Fund
(September 2019; No. 19002)
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Early Childhood Development among First Nations: The Case for Early Intervention
(July 2019; No. 19001)
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Decomposing Provincial-Canada Yield Spreads: Does Fiscal Discipline Matter?
(August 2018; No. 18007)
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National Pharmacare in Canada: Choosing a Path Forward
(July 2018; No. 18006)
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From Suds to Buds: Canadian Premiers Need to Make Internal Trade an Immediate Priority
(June 2018; No. 18005)
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Inspire Democracy: A Summary of Proceedings and Participant Consultations
(May 2018, revised from April 2018; No. 18004)
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Assessing the reasonableness of the estimates of the fiscal plan underlying the 2018 election platform of the Ontario New Democratic Party (Ontario NDP)
April 2018
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Ending Homelessness: A Summary of Proceedings
(March 2018; No. 18003)
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Budget Spending Blackbox: Building a Bottom-Up Federal Expense Forecast
(February 2018; No. 18002)
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Survey of First Nations Child Welfare Agencies across Canada: Budgets, Operations, and Outputs
(January 2018; No. 18001)
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Canada and the US: Sub-National Governments and Canadian Interests
(December 2017; No. 17017)
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Assessing the reasonableness of the estimates of the fiscal plan underlying the 2018 election platform of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (Ontario PC)
November 2017
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Fiscal Sustainability Report 2017
(November 2017, revised from November 2017; No. 17016)
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Canada JOLTS: Shedding Light on Labour Market Flows in Canada
(October 2017, revised from September 2017; No. 17015)
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Canadian Economic Forecast: Canada's Economy Is Flying High but Growth Will Ultimately Migrate South
(September 2017; No. 17014)
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Federal Fiscal Forecast: In Forecasting as in Life, All Good Things Must Come to an End
(September 2017; No. 17013)
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Community Benefits Agreements: Empowering Communities to Maximize Returns on Public Infrastructure Investments
(July 2017; No. 17011)
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Infrastructure Investment and Planning
(May 2017; No. IIP-EN)
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Role of the Parliamentary Budget Officer: Recommendations to Amend the 2017 Budget Implementation Act
(April 2017; No. 17010)
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CHT and the Federation
(April 2017; No. 17009)
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Forecasts: Canadian Fiscal and Economic Forecasts series
(March 2017; No. 17008; Vol. 3)
In this issue: Federal Fiscal Forecast: An Improved Outlook, but Deficits Persist for the Foreseeable Future
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Forecasts: Canadian Fiscal and Economic Forecasts series
(February 2017; No. 17005; Vol. 2)
In this issue: Federal Fiscal Forecast: Things should get better before they get worse
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CHT Conundrum: Ontario Case Study
(February 2017; No. 17004)
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Skills and Innovation: A Summary of Proceedings
(January 2017; No. 17003)
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Other Reports and Presentations:
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U.S. Political Uncertainty is Paired with Solid Economic Fundamentals
- Demographics Is Destiny
- The Legislative Fiscal Scrutiny Function: Lessons from Canada
- Actes de procédure de l’atelier et analyse : Infrastructure – Risque, rendement et reddition de comptes
Mars 2016 - Workshop Proceedings & Analysis: Infrastructure – Risk, Performance and Accountability
March 2016 - Financing Higher Education: Challenges and lessons learned in financing higher education institutions
October 2015
- Research on Goods versus Services Contracts For the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman
June 2015
- Transparency and Accountability: Fiscal Scrutiny in Myanmar – A Whole-of-Country Approach
June 2015
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External review of the Office for Budget Responsibility
September 2014 -
Evaluating the Performance of Independent Fiscal Institutions: Towards a Common Evaluation Framework