The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments

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Article Title:The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/numbers-game-rating-fiscal-accountability-canadas-senior-governments/
Published Date:May 1, 2018
Accessed Date:February 9, 2025

Canada’s senior governments tax and spend a lot, but don’t consistently tell us what they are doing, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “The Numbers Game: Rating the Fiscal Accountability of Canada’s Senior Governments,” authors William B.P. Robson and Farah Omran grade the transparency and reliability of the federal provincial and territorial governments’ financial reports and propose easy steps to improve them. 

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