Mr. Mostafa Askari (Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Library of Parliament) at the Finance Committee

Thank you for the question.

Indeed, there are always some discrepancies in the multipliers in the various models. Our multipliers are a little lower than those of the Department of Finance. Representatives from the Bank of Canada said they used the same multipliers as the Department of Finance. Accordingly, there is difference in terms of the level of multipliers and the impact on the economy.