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Policy Forum: Public Costing of Party Platforms—Learning from International Experience

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  • Jennifer Robson

    (Carleton University, Ottawa)

  • Mark Jarvis

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Canada has now experienced one federal election under a new regime of platform costing by the parliamentary budget officer (PBO). Other countries, with considerably more experience in this regard, have adopted rather different approaches to public costing of party election promises. Discussion of any amendments to Canada's approach should be informed by that international experience. Specifically, some other countries have more clearly articulated the obligations of government departments in platform costing and managed the pressures that come with doing detailed, technical analysis under the time constraints of the writ period.

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  • Jennifer Robson & Mark Jarvis, 2020. "Policy Forum: Public Costing of Party Platforms—Learning from International Experience," Canadian Tax Journal, Canadian Tax Foundation, vol. 68(2), pages 505-515.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctf:journl:v:68:y:2020:i:2:p:505
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.32721/ctj.2020.68.2.pf.robson
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