Mr. Mostafa Askari at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.

May 8th, 2018 / 11:40 a.m.

Deputy Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

Well, that's what I was mentioning. If that process starts earlier, the Treasury Board is aware of the spending measures in the budget and can coordinate that with the Department of Finance, and they can then finish the due diligence process earlier so we can see those in the budget.

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