Malcolm Allen at the Public Accounts Committee

On April 26th, 2012. See this statement in context.

April 26th, 2012 / 9:05 a.m.

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So it gives a total of $25 billion, if my arithmetic is correct.

So that was in 2008-09. Not that long ago, the PBO, Kevin Page, actually came up with a number of $29 billion, and the government responded that the number was wrong and that it was $15 billion.

In your experience, sir, would the government have known that it was actually $25 billion since they passed their own budget?

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