Mr. Yves Giroux at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On May 15th, 2023. See this statement in context.

May 15th, 2023 / 4:10 p.m.

Parliamentary Budget Officer, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

It's an issue that we obviously all went through. We didn't adjust some of the targets to take into account COVID, but it's understood. It's widely known that we went through COVID. Depending on the specific indicators, there could be some extenuating circumstances—COVID—that could apply in some instances, but probably not in all. It's left to the good judgment of those who read the reports to determine whether COVID is a circumstance that warrants some forgiveness for some of the indicators or not.

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