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MPs approve Annette Ryan as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer in House vote
Ryan won approval by a 164 to 153 vote after pledging non-partisan fiscal analysis and one seven-year term.
- On Tuesday, the House of Commons approved Annette Ryan as Canada's next Parliamentary Budget Officer in a 164 to 153 vote, with Liberal, NDP MPs, and Green Party MP Elizabeth May voting in favor.
- Conservative and Bloc MPs voted against the nomination, favoring former interim officer Jason Jacques, whose six-month term as PBO ended March 2, leaving the office unable to table reports since then.
- Ryan, a former deputy director at FinTRAC and official at Finance Canada, pledged during Finance Committee testimony last month to provide non-partisan analysis while committing to serve only one seven-year term.
- During his tenure, former interim officer Jacques used terms like "stupefying" to express concerns about federal finances, whereas Ryan stated she would leave the "stark language" to parliamentarians.
- Following House and Senate approval, the Cabinet must issue an order-in-council to confirm the appointment, after which the PBO will resume tabling independent reports on federal spending and revenue.
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Liberals and NDP Vote to Approve Annette Ryan as PBO, as Conservatives and Bloc Oppose
Former FinTRAC deputy director Annette Ryan has been approved as the next Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) in a 164–153 vote with the support of the Liberals and NDP and opposition of Conservatives and Bloc Québécois. Green Party MP Elizabeth May also voted in favour of Ryan’s appointment. The Bloc and Tories had previously indicated they would be against Ryan’s nomination, pushing instead for the Liberal government to appoint Jason Jacques, w…
The elected officials approved the appointment of this long-time official, who was the head of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre.
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lesaffaires.comOTTAWA — Members of Parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of the appointment of Annette Ryan to the position of Parliamentary Director of the Budget of Canada. Members of Parliament approved his appointment by 164 votes to 153, with the Bloc Québécois and the Conservatives voting against. Ms. Ryan, a long-time official and current Assistant Director of the Canadian Agency of [...]
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