Parliament and the Public Purse




The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video) show

Summary: Another year, another budget tabled in the House of Commons, another rubber stamp vote on the horizon. Experts across the country lament the state of Parliament's ability to really scrutinize the billions in taxpayer's money. Former PBO Kevin Page joins a panel of budget watchers to ask what happened to Parliament's power of the purse and what can be done to reclaim it.