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Policy Forum: Independent Platform Costing—Balancing the Interests of the Public and Parties

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  • Scott Cameron

    (Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division of the Directorate for Public Governance, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris)

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This article provides an evaluation of the design of independent election platform costing in Canada, as established by the Parliament of Canada Act and the operating decisions of the parliamentary budget officer. The author compares the balance struck between serving the interests of the public and the interests of political parties in Canada with the balance struck in the Netherlands and Australia. Although Canada's legislation is tilted in favour of serving political parties, in practice the costing culture that evolved during the 2019 general election raised the level of debate and produced an amount of information comparable to what would be expected of a service designed to favour the public. The article concludes with a discussion of options for expanding the policy-costing service for future elections.

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  • Scott Cameron, 2020. "Policy Forum: Independent Platform Costing—Balancing the Interests of the Public and Parties," Canadian Tax Journal, Canadian Tax Foundation, vol. 68(2), pages 491-504.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctf:journl:v:68:y:2020:i:2:p:491
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32721/ctj.2020.68.2.pf.cameron
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