Unaccountable
Subtitle: truth and lies on Parliament Hill
By: Kevin Page ; with Vern Stenlund
Publisher: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780670068166
Subjects: Government accountability; Political planning; Politics and government; Obligation de rendre compte (Administration publique); Politique publique; Politique et gouvernement; Canada. Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer; Canada; Canada. Bureau du Directeur parlementaire du budget
Description: In March 2008, Kevin Page was appointed by the federal Conservatives to be the country's first Parliamentary Budget Officer. The move fulfilled a Tory campaign promise to deliver greater government transparency and accountability. He was later denounced by the same people who appointed him to scrutinize their spending. When he challenged the government on several issues - most notably about the true costs of the F-35 fighter planes - and publicly claimed the government was misleading Canadians, Page was vilified. In this shocking insider's account, Page argues that democracy is being undermined by an increasingly autocratic government that does not respect facts that run counter to its political agenda - something Canadians should be concerned about.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Set up to fail; title: A northern boy; title: Making my way to Ottawa; title: And now for something completely different; title: Afghanistan report and the aftermath; title: Meltdown; title: Attempting to hogtie the PBO; title: People, politics, and process; title: The F-35 fighter jet; title: PBO and politics collide: the election of 2011; title: A battle for transparency; title: These numbers don't add up; title: See you in court; title: The future of public service in Canada; title: The survival of the PBO; title: Epilogue; title: Chronology of major events at the Parliamentary Budget Office.