Mr. Mostafa Askari at the Finance Committee

On April 30th, 2013. See this statement in context.

April 30th, 2013 / 11:55 a.m.

Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer, Economic and Fiscal Analysis, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Library of Parliament

Mostafa Askari

I'll start this and then ask Mr. Matier to follow up.

What we have said in the report is that on the savings that were introduced in budget 2013, if we remove those savings—which means higher spending by the government—the structural budget deficit in 2017 will still be positive. That's the only thing we have focused on, just a measure in budget 2013.

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