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The ABCs of Fiscal Accountability: Grading Canada’s Senior Governments, 2020

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  • William Robson

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Farah Omran

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

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Many of Canada’s senior governments have made impressive progress with the transparency and accessibility of their financial presentations, but these gains are under threat from the COVID pandemic. In the C.D. Howe Institute’s annual report card on the accessibility, timeliness and reliability of governments’ financial documents, the authors assign grades that reflect how readily an interested but non-expert user may find, understand and act on the information therein. While many governments have made reporting improvements over recent years, the failure of the federal government, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador, to produce budgets this spring shows that Canadians cannot take these improvements for granted.

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  • William Robson & Farah Omran, 2020. "The ABCs of Fiscal Accountability: Grading Canada’s Senior Governments, 2020," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 577, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cdh:commen:577
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    • H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General

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