Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was questioned in the House of Commons today about comments made by Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux, who recently told a Senate committee that the federal public service is “broken.”
“The prime minister said he was drawing the line to ban anyone from pointing out that things are broken after eight years of his leadership,” said Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre during question period in the House on Feb. 8.
“Well, his own parliamentary budget officer has crossed the line.”
Poilievre was referencing Trudeau’s recent criticism of the Tory leader for saying in November 2022 that “it feels like everything is broken in this country.”…